Web 2.0 - The Future is Here! Again!
Web 2.0, a phrase coined by O'Reilly Media in 2004, refers to a supposed
second-generation of Internet-based services — such as social networking
sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies — that let people
collaborate and share information online in previously unavailable ways.
- Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2)
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a lot of this is just "buzz"; however the "socialization" of
the internet *is* happening.
- Flickr (http://flickr.com/)
- YouTube (http://youtube.com)
- MySpace (http://myspace.com/)
- Wikipedia (http://wikipedia.com)
- Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/)
- and Google Maps Mashups (earthquake activity: http://www.map-me.de/sample_earthquake.php)
Web 2.0 and Museums
Powerhouse Museum
Sidney, Australia
(http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/)
Web Services Team of 3 full time, 2 temporary team members: manager, website coordinator, online content coordinator, assistant programmer (temp), website assistant (temp).
- collection database / tagging
- blog
- wikipedia entry
Stay off the curve - or at least back a bit from the front
If you can afford to be at the edge, great. There are benefits there. You
will become the envy of your professional friends as you lecture on the
conference circuit.
Most of us cannot afford to be learning and making mistakes with technology for the benefit of our peers. Let the "big guys" take the risks and then swoop in and use their tools.
A powerful example:
- Content Management System (CMS)
as recently as 2 years ago, could easily have cost $10,000 + and only the "big guys" would have been using them. Now we can all take advantage of them.
Quality, open source (free), and sub-$1000 options exist. Drupal, DotNetNuke, PHPNuke, (all 3 free) etc
aggv.bc.ca CMS (DotNetNuke)
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