Web 2.0 in 2008
By Jason Slater in Reader
Posted in Internet on April 23, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Some time ago someone told me they thought our web site should be “more Web 2.0″ and when I asked for confirmation as to what they felt Web 2.0 embodied I was met with a glazed expression then they said “you know … more up to date and modern looking like all the other Web 2.0 web sites”. I could have gone on and asked for web site addresses for examples but I thought I would save them (and me) some pain and instead simply told them I would look into it - this at least seemed to keep them happy for the time being.
Now, I know what Web 2.0 means to me but this enquiry piqued my interest and I started looking into the Web 2.0 phenomenon for a series on my other blog (42 things about Web 2.0 in 2008, part 1 of 3) and after initial investigation it does seem to be a group of concepts and technologies that are painted with a very broad brush. It is even more interesting to see that even in the IT community the idea of Web 2.0 is very much a gray area although the term is bandied around at leisure.
My series is still running but so far I have found that Web 2.0 means:
- Interoperability
Between applications or data, between presentation and data layers or between users of information - Accessibility
Information that is easy to access and deal with - Usability
Information that is useful, convenient and capable of being used (and re-used)
I have more work to do looking into Web 2.0 and I am curious what you think. So, in 2008 what does Web 2.0 mean to you?
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