Episode 9 {What in the World is WEB 2.0?}
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In past shows, we have discussed wikis, blogging and podcasting. This time we tackle the buzz-laden topic of “WEB 2.0.” It seems that just about everyone has at least heard the term, but it’s difficult to find anyone who can really tell you conclusively what WEB 2.0 really is. We hope to shed some light with today’s discussion.
Brigid Barnacle from Trenton New Jersey writes in:
I keep hearing the term “Web 2.0” thrown around, but I can’t seem to figure out what it is. Is it a language? Is it a piece of software? If it’s so popular, why can’t anyone explain exactly what it is?
Alan had a little too much fun calling local businesses in town to see if he could get any answers about WEB 2.0. We play some of the phone calls throughout this segment. Does this mean Promethius endorses “prank” calling? Look out Jerky Boys!
First of all, WEB 2.0 is partly a buzzword, just like “.NET” or “Ajax.”
But main elements surrounding the buzzword involve “open data,” (see flickr), “participation,” (see digg).
Other concepts mentioned: WEB 1.0, Collective Intelligence, e-Commerce rating systems
Sites Mentioned: flickr, digg, wikipedia, youtube, netvibes, yousendit, del.icio.us, newsvine
Applications Mentioned: Basecamp, Pretty CMS 2.0
{update - 9/21/2006} - Ken Yarmosh has a recap of the “New New Internet Conference,” and it just makes me laugh, because the term “Web 2.0″ is strewn all about, but it still doesn’t really tell us anything specific. Web 2.0 has to be one of the most majorly over-used buzzwords of the decade!
1. ginny | September 5th, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Tony…..thanks for the link…..I finally got it and enjoyed it……my vocabulaty is expanding…..ginny
njoyed the visit…..How was the movie?????
2. Gini | September 6th, 2006 at 1:13 pm
Great podcast! I especially like that you have all the links to all the sites you mentioned available on your site. I learned a lot listening and even more going to the different sites and getting a feel for what you were talking about. Definetly do the netvibes podcast…I want to learn more about that site.
Thanks!
3. Tony Valle | September 6th, 2006 at 1:18 pm
Thanks Gini. Glad you liked it. I agree about the Netvibes episode. I’ve been excited about doing that one for quite a while!
Thanks again for listening.
Tony
4. Alan Houser | September 6th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
Tony - we each have a Gini/Ginny friend who’s a listener. Would you say that’s a statistic? “The podcast with the most listeners who should just settle on the name JENNY”.
5. Tony Valle | September 6th, 2006 at 4:07 pm
Alan - I’ll draft the PR-wire news release tonight. Think of all the potential “Jenny” misspelling traffic we might get.
Gold Jerry, gold!!
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