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* What's the problem: style vs substance? Just a label for a trend. | * What's the problem: style vs substance? Just a label for a trend. | ||
* the reason there's a delineation between web 1.0 and web 2.0 is the dot-com bust. 2001 marked the end of the 1st wave, there was a dip in activity while people realigned their thinking, then the tide started rising again around 2004 | * the reason there's a delineation between web 1.0 and web 2.0 is the dot-com bust. 2001 marked the end of the 1st wave, there was a dip in activity while people realigned their thinking, then the tide started rising again around 2004 | ||
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* Maturity of the tools: browsers + javascript + databases | * Maturity of the tools: browsers + javascript + databases | ||
* Maturity of the market: wikipedia, blogs, myspace - people now have the mindset/expectation to write online, not just read | * Maturity of the market: wikipedia, blogs, myspace - people now have the mindset/expectation to write online, not just read | ||
Revision as of 00:16, 8 June 2007
Contents |
Premise
- web 2.0 = different mindset, tools are (nearly) the same as Web 1.0
- What's the problem: style vs substance? Just a label for a trend.
- the reason there's a delineation between web 1.0 and web 2.0 is the dot-com bust. 2001 marked the end of the 1st wave, there was a dip in activity while people realigned their thinking, then the tide started rising again around 2004
- 1.0 (web pages) - 2.0 (web apps)
- Maturity of the tools: browsers + javascript + databases
- Maturity of the market: wikipedia, blogs, myspace - people now have the mindset/expectation to write online, not just read
- Does web 2.0 = Google?
Key characteristics
- distributed platform
- network effects - better the more people use it
- read write platform
- web OS
- network is the computer
Examples
- Delicious, Flickr - i collect for me, i define on my own terms, i share - the sum is greater than the parts, gets better the more people use it
- Flickr vs Ofoto
- iTunes vs Last.fm
- Amazon S3
- the means of production have never been more accessible, and more powerful
- ruby on rails
- adwords
- ebay, trademe, craigslist - global marketplace
working anywhere, anytime
- shescrafty, turntable - working for clients around the world via email, chat, web
connecting with friends and family
making new friends
Ethics and ethos
- decentralisation
- is Google centralising the internet?
- copyright and DRM
- info wants to be free
- consciousness and politics
- DNA
- Advertising is evil. Is Google making advertising not evil?
