Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is a convergence of:

• Concepts
  • The Read/Write Web
  • The Web as a Platform, the WebOS
• Technologies
  • AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript and XML)
  • XMLHTTP
  • DOM
• Understanding of Applications
  • It’s All About the Data
  • Drag/Drop, Hide/Show, Rich UI Off the Desktop
  • Convenient, Simple (REST) APIs
• Understanding of Design
  • Anticipating user interactions
  • Tagging as Architecture/Organizing Principle
• Social Networking
  • The Data Comes from User Intelligence and Actions
  • Feed, Refeed, Talk, Chat, Comment, Tag, Rewrite, Remix

Web 2.0 Apps: Flickr, Delicious, Google Maps + Remixes and Derivative Apps

Links and Resources

Tim Oreilly’s Article on Web 2.0 http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

Designing the Next Web: The principles of user-centered design translated for Web 2.0 [PDF] http://adaptivepath.com/events/workshops/we05/veen-web2.pdf

Seminal Web 2.0 Apps: Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/] and Del.icio.us [http://del.icio.us/]]

Zimbra PIM (Web 2.0 App) http://www.zimbra.com

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