Thursday 29 November 2007

The Wonderful World of Web 2.0: Blogs and Citizen Journalists

I first came across the term web 2.0 when a very popular computer language, which was written especially for the web, for making websites more interactive and astatically more pleasing. Couple by the phenomenon’s of web mash –ups, were two or more different application is mixed to create a new more useful product. A very popular video in you tube tries to explain this phenomenon it is called the machine is us. Web 2.0 is considered as the predecessor of the fires generation of web technologies such as the hypertext mark up language and other static technologies which were first used in the early web.

The web2.0 has been characterised by such thing as the Social Networks, Metadata the Editable Web, Mashups, allowing the site's services to be accessed entirely through web browsers. rich, user-friendly interface social networking features such as blogs, wikis etc. user participation user content contribution, which means that the users own the site's data, is a key characteristic of a web 2.0 site, giving it a vibrant and interactive feel and making it easier to navigate and accessible for a larger, non-techie people.

Links:

Videos

Web 2.0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsa5ZTRJQ5w&feature=related

The machine is us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE

Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2

Blog

http://web2.socialcomputingmagazine.com/

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