Web2.0
01.11.06What is Web 2.0? Well, that's up for debate. Here's my working definition/explanation, followed by some other recent stabs at the subject.
If Web 1.0 (the original web) was e-mail and web browsers like Netscape and Explorer, then the set of tools currently emerging into widespread use can be understood as a fundamentally different stage of the web - Web 2.0.
What kinds of things do Web 2.0 tools do?
- They allow non-web designers to put their own content (writing, audio or video etc.) online easier than ever before.
- They make content more portable than ever and easier to remix, mash together or reuse in a different context.
- They utilize this user-generated content and the economy of scale/ network multiplier effect created to draw valuable connections between related users and content.
- They make discovery of new content more automated and relevant than ever before.
- They have the potential to exponentially increase the amount of information that any of us are able access, store and recall.
- And it all happens fast.
Why is this happening now and what's making it possible?
- Nearly ubiquitous broadband zips data around much of the world in a way that's effortless to users.
- Data storage is now cheap as dirt.
- Ingenuity, and the above factors, have led to the coalescence of the last 10 years of programming innovation to a tipping point.
That's what I think, right now. What does Web 2.0 look like? To get an idea, go look around these three sites:
To learn about non profit groups using Web 2.0 make sure to check out NetSquared.org.
Oh but you'd better believe that lots of other people are working on defining Web 2.0. One aggregation of top resources is Joshua Porter's Introduction to Web 2.0 lens at Squidoo.
Lest anyone is taken too seriously (I do take this stuff very seriously), don't forget to check out the insider satirists' network Bubble 2.0 Snark Group.
But the definition is contested and developed daily. Here's some of the most recent Technorati blog search results for "definition of Web 2.0"
Click here to see more definitions of Web 2.0
January 13th, 2006 at
Thanks for the written definition of Web 2. I find this very helpful. I appreciate the options shown as well.
January 16th, 2006 at
Web 2.0 is how I got your comment to my blog and zipped over to this post so quickly
January 26th, 2006 at
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April 5th, 2006 at
Great definition. I’m finding that this whole area is moving very, very quickly right now, because of the tipping point you mentioned: the convergence of programming innovations with cheap bandwidth and storage.
May 16th, 2006 at
Who’ll Be My Buzzword Now that my Buzzword is Gone?
Okay, I know that’s too strong.Marshall Kirkpatrick has a great definition of Web2.0.A good, concise definition with ramifications, goals, and prerequisites. Michael discusses collaboration, rapid site access, and infrastructure improvements, themes I…
June 16th, 2006 at
Hi Marshall:
Thanks for your broad summary of what constitutes Web 2.0. Ubiquity, availability and instant content creation…I could not agree with you more on this.
It is fascinating to watch the development of Web 2.0 and associated tools in India and the USA…
Kamla
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February 9th, 2007 at
[…] A couple of videos in a post from LifeClever. What better than the golden jewel of Web2.0 to see what Web2.0 is. Tim O’Reilly’s idea of web2.0. O’Reilly’s updated idea of web2.0. Q & A approach, and includes various definitions from different sources. Makes a good concise approach in plain english. Web 2.0 defined by del.icio.us blog. Paul Graham knows what he’s talking about. Trust him. Here, you’ll understand the business side of web 2.0. This one makes fun of some of the lesser known things of the Web2.0. Last, and certainly not least. Squidoo definition + more! […]
June 23rd, 2007 at
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July 18th, 2007 at
Thanks for your contribution to our knowlogy. But how do the designers do they get profits in term of money with their own work because no thing in this world is free?
December 27th, 2007 at
[…] To advance this cause we hope to harness three powerful forces: the Internet-centric technologies and organizing principles that have come to be known as the “Web2.0″ (see new media consultant Marshall Kirkpatrick’s user-centric definition here); the first-hand experience that homeschoolers have about curriculum and other educational products and services; and homeschoolers’ remarkable willingness to reach out and help each other. […]
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