Web 2.0: Does it Exist, and Why on Earth Should You Care

(((Believe it or not, it's actually a major plus for

tech development that the zealots of Web 2.0

seem barely able to describe what they are building.

Basically, you kinda have to be there.

So here's your chance to spend the weekend

clicking around on Web 2.0 apps. I dunno about you,

but that stuff feels pretty different to me.)))

(((In the meantime. I'm leaving town and heading

for the Balkan mountains, where there's no such thing

as broadband. Back in a few days.)))

http://www.listible.com/list/complete-list-of-web-2-0-products-and-services

Good Lord, there's zillions of them, and they all have cute logos

The purportedly best web 2.0 software of 2005

Every geek in the world who ever tried and failed to explain what Web 2.O is

The canonical Tim O'Reilly definition:

"Web 2.0 is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices; Web 2.0 applications are those that make the most of the intrinsic advantages of that platform: delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better the more people use it, consuming and remixing data from multiple sources, including individual users, while providing their own data and services in a form that allows remixing by others, creating network effects through an "architecture of participation," and going beyond the page metaphor of Web 1.0 to deliver rich user experiences."

(((Boy, that helped a lot, eh?)))