November 2007 Archives
Defining Web 2.0
Answering the "WIIFM" issue...
How will mobility costs affect you, your family, your clientele, your programming?
Let's step back just 10 years ago... what did Web 1.0 look like in '97, how did you use it?
Has the Web evolved? How so? Future broadband expansion = more clicks.
15 billion web-sites -- 50 million blogs and there are only 6.6 billion people on Earth!
Browse to TechKnowledgey.tamu.edu
Web 2.0 -- Engage, Connect, Create, Collaborate
Given the lack of set standards as to what "Web 2.0" actually means, implies, or requires, the term can mean radically different things to different people.
The phrase "Web 2.0" hints at an improved form of the World Wide Web. Technologies such as weblogs (blogs), social bookmarking, wikis, RSS feeds (and other forms of many-to-many publishing), social software, instant messaging, eBay, Craigslist and Google provide a significant enhancement over read-only websites.
Some basic common characteristics:
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"Network as platform" -- delivering (and allowing users to use) applications entirely through a browser.
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Users owning the data on a site and exercising control over that data.
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An architecture of participation that encourages users to add value to the application as they use it.
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A rich, interactive, user-friendly interface based.
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The concept of Web-as-participation-platform captures many of these characteristics. Web 1.0 -- the static information source. Web 2.0 -- the "participatory" web.
DISCUSSION
- Are there parts of Web 2.0 that stands out to you?
- Are there tools available that can help you communicate, teach and lead more effectively?
- Can we reasonably anticipate changes in our clientele's expectations for how we interface with them as we go forward?
What should we know beforehand and expect in our litigious society ?
