
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design,[1] and collaboration on the World Wide Web. A Web 2.0 site allows users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as creators (prosumers) of user-generated content in a virtual community, in contrast to websites where users (consumers) are limited to the passive viewing of content that was created for them.
Note: This a very old blog post from my last blog (dated 21 January 2009) so while the links are old, they’re not bad reference point for some stuff.
Web 2.0, by now you’ve all heard this term, keyword, buzz word or whatever you wish to call it. However if you’re like me, someone who lives under a rock for 6 months and the other 6 in hibernation then you must be wondering what it’s all about. Web 2.0 is aimed to enhance creativity, information sharing, and collaboration among users. Social Networking sites (Facebook), blogs, wiki’s (Wikipedia) and folksonomies are all considered to be part of or have characteristics of Web 2.0.
While this is fine and dandy, today I’m going to be focusing on the design traits of Web 2.0 by giving you a nice list of links.
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