Did you know that YOU are the TIME person of the year? What does that have to do with this post? Well, TIME was really trying to make a point about Web 2.0
To skip my hair-brained explanations, skip straight to the wikipedia definition of Web 2.0 by clicking HERE
Web 2.0 is what you're looking at right now. Web 2.o is simply a term used to describe the major trend on the internet towards "social networking." In other words, sites like MySpace, YouTube, Digg.com (my favorite), and blogging in general, all of which are primarily USER GENERATED, meaning the users, you and I, create or upload the content.
Digg is a great example because it's a news site (with topics ranging from world news and science to technology and gaming) which doesn't rely on a small handful of editors who decide what news will be on the site, but instead users link the news stories and then people wither digg (like) or bury (don't like) the stories...the stories that get dugg rise to the top and those which are buried, well, you get the idea.
So Web 2.o doesn't refer to any technical change in the internet, but to a shift in how content is created and consumed. The fact is that this represents a major paradigm shift that is affecting EVERYTHING from major news outlets to the music industry to TV. It truly democratizes information.
Top Web 2.0 sites
1 comment:
I can see everyone is so interested in technology and the way it shapes and will continue to shape our existence!
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