(b)log-in: harnessing the web’s second effect

With all of this Web 2.0 craze, of which is overhyped by the endless amount of shiny, 3D graphics on sites claiming to belong to this “movement” of sorts, what does it really mean and what is next? This is what took control in the week’s course discussions and reading, as well as the tests and trials of various web 2.0 applications/software/sites, such as CoverItLive, Twiddla, and of course Wordpress.

So, why would we visit these websites over the millions of others out there and take a course on their “2.0″ status? Answer: fulfills a need by allowing us to control it with their tools and resources. Oh, and it’s free. Free, not in all respects. This is because it is the data attained by these websites through the increasing usage of these respective “Web 2.0″ services that makes their websites attractive to corporate checkbooks seeking the data they collect on users, not the services they offer.

It is the perpetual usage, dynamic content (now user driven), increasingly sophisticated (or atleast increasingly useful) services, and cross-device adaptation that makes “2.0″ worthy of the new-release status. No longer are the days of web-surfing alive, but rather the days of web-creating. The web is now flat, but has never been taller or broader in scope or possibility. 

What’s next? 3.0 is still in beta, but so isn’t 2.0 according to it’s own philosophy, so we may already be seeing the next 2.0 develop right before us. Whatever it holds, the person who coins “Web 3.0″ or some other fancy name will sure reap the benefits of it’s very existence before it goes free like 2.0.

 

 

 

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