Web 2.0 is it Really That Great?

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Posted on 7th August 2008 by admin in Web 2.0

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Back in 2004 Tim O’Reilly hosted a conference billed as the O’Reilly Media Web 2.0. It sounded cool and hip. The premise was that Tim saw the web changing with new technologies and standards being developed. He envisioned that these changes would radically alter the way that software developers and end users of the web would interact and use the web.

Interestingly enough, Tim Berners-Lee, who is credited with writing the first web browser and creating the ‘web’, called web 2.0 a “piece of jargon”. Basically a bunch of marketing hype and spin. Tim had since the beginning of the web envisioned that these technologies would be part of the web.

What is web 2.0?

A web 2.0 web site is a site that allows visitors to view the contents of the site. Not only that but be able to interact with the web page, like add to the contents of the page. Think of blogs where you can leave a comment, which in effect adds to the content of the page.

There should be a high level of interoperability. The website relies on published standards for information exchange, like RSS for publication.

Over all the site should have a good user centered design. Well, heck if the site has a really bad layout where you can’t find what you are looking for, what are you going to do? Search for another site that has what you are looking for.

Is the Web a platform?

Can you build products and services upon the web / internet? Is the web a real platform upon which software developers can build products for end consumers? Compare Microsoft’s internet explorer which is a piece of software. Chances are you are currently viewing this page using it. It follows the traditional software cycle. Feature requests are complied, high level & low level designs are written. Finally the code is written, tested and eventually shipped.

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Compare this to say a search engine like Google. Google does not ship a software product, but rather it provides a service of web search. Users come to Google’s website, enter a set of keywords and hope that google returns relevant pages. The difference is, that internally they are updating the search engine’s algorithms that determine which page best matches your keyword selection. There is no lock step software release cycle.

The critics claim and rightfully so, that “web 2.0” is really nothing different than “web 1.0″ concepts and technologies.



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MySpace Pages

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Posted on 5th August 2008 by admin in myspace

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I would like to thank you for visiting to read this article. The topic has been carefully researched and documented for your benefit.

Having a MySpace account is one of the “in” things for people to do, and it doesn’t matter if you’re a young sixty-five, or an old fifteen. MySpace knows no age boundaries and if you stay there long enough you’re bound to meet some interesting people along the way. This is also partly the ground why the MySpace pages have become such a hotbed of activity ever since its conception.

As we already heard, it is known to be one of the better social networking sites, MySpace is a must if you want to be in the know, and in the forefront of social happenings. Having MySpace pages for yourself is also a good way for you to keep in affect with those friends and relatives who live too far out for you to visit on a frequent basis.

Exploitation of your MySpace pages is a great way for variety of ideas, for example you can upload photographs which you have taken of yourself, receive friends and family likewise over for a special occasion, post a bulletin announcing special news and events going on in your life, and you can even have small tv set clips to show your loved ones what you did on holiday it’s just supper.

Also MySpace pages are also a great way for people whom you see only once in a while, to keep in contact. Like your high school friends with whom you lost touch, but who you magically met up with during your previous holiday. They can find out all the latest news about you and your life, and they can even post comments about the various features which you have added to your profile pages.

But the very best thing about having MySpace pages of your own, is the fact that you can be yourself on these pages and not have to always present a happy smiling face to the world. Your profile pages will do that for you, so you won’t have to. And although this isn’t the reason why people customize their MySpace pages it can be a very good reason. You will find that it is also very easy to customize your MySpace pages even if you don’t know any HTML….please continue on a site…

This article was written to provide you with knowledge about this subject I appreciate you taking your time to read it and wish you best.

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