November 24, 2007

Web 2.0 - or is it more like Web 16.0?

With people generating many new phrases and terms in modern technology, it has become hard to keep up with what they all mean. One of the most commonly used terms on the world wide web (www) today is the phrase "Web2.0".
It seems like every web solutions company trying to make a living is selling their stuff off the phrase. So to the average Joe who is not a geek, what is "Web2.0"?
Well according to Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia…
The phrase Web2.0 refers to a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services - such as social-networking sites, wikis and folksonomies - which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users. The term became popular following the first O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004, and has since become widely adopted as shorthand for user generated content shared with other users.
Although the term suggests a new version of the World Wide Web (www), it does not refer to an update to Web technical specifications, but to changes in the ways software developers and end-users use and interact with the web as a platform. According to Tim O'Reilly, "Web2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move […]