Many of my friends and business colleagues have never heard of "Web 2.0". That's probably because they are not in the information technology (IT) industry. Even some that are in the IT industry don't know what the "2.0" means. Does ANYONE really know what it means? Well, here's what "Web 2.0" means to me. In the good 'ol days sending an e-mail with unformatted text or visiting a web site just to read a restaurant menu was enough. That's so 1990s. We're in a new era now of Google Maps, which allows you to find a location and even move the map around to look at the general area. The ability to "subscribe" to web site or blog updates using RSS is becoming increasingly important. Even the concept of an open encyclopedia called Wikipedia where everyone on the planet can help edit a global knowledge base of information has helped put content of information in the public's hands. People are embracing blogging, like this site, where authors can express their ideas and share them with everyone. Flickr created an innovative way of sharing and collaborating with an old technology like a photograph.
But those are consumer technologies. People ask me where can I see "2.0" in business. Companies like Zimbra are reinventing the way in which e-mail software is used and are paving the road for a more powerful and useful collaboration experience. Even the company that hosts this blog, TypePad, is writing blog software for businesses. Of course everyone knows the ubiquitous Google and their many applications that can be used in business such as Google Maps, Google Talk, and their public e-mail product called Gmail. Companies use open source software like Linux and it's associated technologies to lower the cost of developing these innovative products and help bring them to market faster.
In short, "Web 2.0" is the evolution of "original" Internet technologies like web browsing and email into more collaborative technologies that propel people to communicate more effectively and conduct business together. Hopefully in the future we'll see more of "2.0" in applications used in business. For now it's fun to work with new web-based products and concepts that are coming out everyday.
Web 2.0 is great!
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I miss it and I look forward to a day when I myself no longer have a computer tied to my hind quarters right along with the cell phone. I am not condemning these things, just stating what they are, "convienences". Just like anything else.
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You're talking about active computation -- the bits going through processors. How about the mass of stored data? All of the massive storage arrays the large net players have should account for something.
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