Web 2.0 definition

May 12th, 2008

Basically, Web 2.0 is the internet as tool for unleashing people’s creativity and interconnectedness. Don’t take my word for it, check in with the great Web 2.0 success story, Wikipedia.

It’s actually harkening back to the internet before http:// To my first on-line community, The WELL in San Francisco. The WELL (The Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link) was a community of creative, social tech-types that started back in 1985 when you logged onto the internet and got a command line prompt.

In the intervening years, things have got a lot easier and richer.


Examples of Web 2.0 tools today:

Facebook and MySpace – the ability to comment and to connect with others (guilt or goodness by association)
Amazon - customer reviews and discussion groups
Craigslist - Suddenly newspaper classified ads seem cumbersome and expensive
YouTube – See what the world is videoing
Flickr or Google Picassa – post and share your images
Google Maps – link content and locations see: www.soundfood.org

Any or all of these can be integrated into your blog site.

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