Saturday, 22 November 2008

Web 2.0

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is a new term, which can make people understand the application of current World Wide Web as a way to change. Web 2.0 increased network effect for users, because of that “online users are no longer limited to find, see or download off the web, but also they can do interact, combine, remix, upload, change and customize for themselves” (Amy Shuen, Amy Anne Shuen, 2008: p1)

Web 2.0 is not only a technical standard, but it contains technical architecture and application software. People are encouraged to sharing their resources of information through Web 2.0 technical. In recently, internet as a platform, such as many important ideas, Web 2.0 has no exactly boundary, but a gravitational core.

The web2.0 is all about users generated online application technology, and sharing information in World Wide Web. Users are commonly using the terms of blogging, P2P, forum to describe web2.0, thus, what exactly is web2.0? What does it do? Why it is so popular?

(To be continued…)

Reference

Amy Shuen, Amy Anne Shuen (2008) Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide, O'Reilly: p1

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