Wednesday, 27 January 2010

What is Web 2.0?

The area around 'what is Web 2.0' is exceptionally vague, it is no longer a distinct media technology, but it is now all around us, on the internet, on phones, IPods and game consoles. Web 2.0 offers three main benefits:
  1. The DIY web: Websites such as 'Wikis' are a prime example of this. It allows for blogging, sharing of expertise and information publishing, breaking up the synidcation of media content and bring publishing to the user.
  2. A richer web experience: Imbedding of prime, advanced content such as Adobe and AJAX (Java & XML script), allowing for a more advanced web experience.
  3. Light-weight web development models: Development of 'scripting' models such as PHP and Ruby, to enhance the capabilaties of the internent. These may allow for an increase in 'web power' and so provides easy 'tool' for the user to interface with, and change their internet.

1 comment:

Smithdon Media said...

I like your new blog page. Try to expand your answer to show the historical context of 'Web 2.0'