The topic of Web 2.0 came up at work the other day . Luke and Jen, a couple of fine folks I work with, wondered what it really meant. They are really smart folks, are very tech-savvy and I respect them a lot; they are not developers. I explained them Web 2.0 by contrasting it with Web 1.0:
With Web 1.0, everyone published content on the web. With Web 2.0 everyone collaborates on the content, and more importantly, decides which content is good and which should be buried.
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February 21st, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Very good definition in a nutshell. Web 2.0 really does give more power to the users to determine the quality of content. Maybe Web 3.0 is The Next Level?