Web 2.0

1
Web 2.0 Tools and Toys
2
Web 2.0

• The term Web 2.0 refers to Web sites that get at
  least some of their value from the actions of
  users.
  
• Web 2.0 is all about openness, organization and
  community
  
• Web publishers are creating platforms instead of
  content. Users are creating the content.

3
Web 2.0 characteristics

• Computing platforms serving Web applications to
  end users
  
• Characterized by open communication,
  decentralization of authority, freedom to share
  and re-use, and the idea of the market as
  conversation.
• Create sophisticated warehouses of content,
  without creating any content at all

4
Web 2.0 Sites

• Google/Google Maps
• MySpace
• YouTube
• Flickr
• Digg
• Tags/folksonomy/tag cloud

5
Tools and Toys

• Vanity Searching
• Flash Drive
• Mobile 2.0
• iPod
• Wi-Fi

6
Milestones in Multimedia
Pre-1995 Wired Magazine - 1993 NY Times on AOL -
1994
Nando -1994
1999 Blogger IndyMedia
2004 Jon Stewart on Crossfire Rathergate Press
Credentials to Bloggers WikiNews, Facebook, Digg
launch
2000 OhMyNews AOL/Time Warner merger
1995 Craigslist launched Slate, Salon, USA Today
, Houston Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer online
2001 DotCom Bust 9/11 Tributes Wikipedia launch
ed
2005 YouTube News Corporation buys MySpace
1996 Washington Post Wall Street Journal Chicag
o Tribune
LA Times MSNBC
2006 Macaca Invention of the Year - You Tube Pe
rson of the Year - You
Google Buys YouTube 1.65B
2002 Google News
2003 RSS Google Buys Blogger MySpace launched
1997 Blackhawk Down
1998 Drudge Report/Lewinsky Scandal Google
2007 VA Tech