Web 2.0: What is it? Hope Greenberg Academic Computing Services, LRG Mastering the Maze 2008
Web 2.0: What is it? Existing technology + cultural concepts New Technology
Web 2.0: What is it? Existing technology + Cultural concepts Early 20 th Century Example Steel production Innovative design Powerful engines Bigger is better Luxury is a must Speed matters The result
Web 2.0: What is it?
Personal computers Hypertext Internet ( , ftp, telnet, gopher) SGML (structure/markup) Existing technology + Cultural concepts 1980s Example Global library Readers/Authors Collaboration
How will we keep track of these large projects?
WorldWideWeb
Web 2.0: What is it?
DreamReality UR Identifier Global brain We Interactive UR Locator Global store They Brochure
Web 2.0: What is it? But…
Web 2.0: What is it?
weblog we blog
Web 2.0: What is it? Skip ahead to 2003…
Web 2.0: What is it?
“Web 2.0 refers to applications or services that are built with technologies that emphasize the open, and the interoperable.” “The services are largely guided by core principles.”
Web 2.0: What is it? The technologies include: XML, APIs, AJAX, DOM, RSS, Ruby on Rails, and more.
Web 2.0: What is it?
Web 1.0Web 2.0 web page (I’ll talk to you) web site (I write) personal web site listserv bookmarks Word/Excel blog (you can talk back) wiki (we write) Facebook rss del.icio.us technorati, digg Google docs Google Maps (api) Flickr Twitter
Web 2.0: What is it? Facebook myspace linkedin Google docs/spreadsheets Twitter youTube blogs wikis Del.icio.us podcast LibraryThing iGoogle Flickr RSS