I am not a big fan of the term, but What is Web 2.0? (pdf) details the ideas and technologies that I do support for libraries and many individuals.
I especially like their six “Big Ideas behind Web 2.0”:
- Individual production and User Generated Content
- Harness the power of the crowd
- Data on an epic scale
- Architecture of Participation
- Network effects
- Openness
These are already becoming “duh” concepts in many areas, but it wasn’t all that long ago that these were considered almost radical. Many applications for these ideas are still in the radical zones, or even undiscovered. Things are changing….
from ResourceShelf
