Five Reasons Why Web 2.0 Matters

jg21 writes "Dion Hinchcliffe, who is becoming the closest thing outside of Tim O'Reilly to being a Web.2.0 popularizer and evangelist, has summarized what he considers to be the five major benefits of Web 2.0 best practices. Hinchcliffe singles out the tactical potential of aligning with Web 2.0's increasingly ballistic trajectory: 'You can use the leviathan forces of attention and enthusiasm that are swirling around Web 2.0 these days as a powerful enabler to make something important and exciting happen in your organization.'"

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Since TFA leaves out an important detail. . .

[Limburgher]

See this if you're confused.

Re:Since TFA leaves out an important detail. . .

[Soybean47]

So... just to clarify... "Web 2.0" is a new-ish buzzword, referring to an arbitrary stage in the natural evolution of web technology? And... you can tell which version of the web your page belongs to, primarily by measuring its level of dynamicness?*

*I don't know if it's a word, but if not... give it time.

The chains have been broken

[peterdaly]

Web 1.0 - Documents
Web 1.5 - Documents + Web Applications that pretend to be documents
Web 2.0 - Documents + Web applications acting like the interactive applications they are

Web applications are now free from the "static document" paradigm that previous chained them down. The web is no longer pretending to be static. That's not to say Web 2.0 is "mature" by any means, but the groundwork as certainly been laid.

BTW - There are a bunch of concepts and methods here that truly are revolutionary. The more I use it and understand what it means, the more I think Web 2.0 is not a bad name, and may even be justified.

-Pete

What the hell is Web 2.0?

[Anonymous Coward]

Once you find out, you'll realize it's just a bunch of "synergistic ideas."

No trolls?!

[garcia]

Web 2.0 fundamentally revolves around us and seeks to ensure that we engage ourselves, participate and collaborate together, and mutually trust and enrich each other, even though we could be separated by the entire world geographically. And Web 2.0 gives us very specific techniques to do this and attempts to address the "people problem" directly.

Sweet! It gets rid of trolls, uneducated users, and the typical "Dumbass Element" that prevails on the Internet?

No? Oh, then Web 2.0 sucks just as much as "Web 1.0".

The real 5 reasons

[winkydink]

The real 5 reasons why Web 2.0 matters:

1. VCs can make a ton of money
2. People with MBAs who know nothing about technology can make a ton of money
3. VCs can make a ton of money
4. People with MBAs who know nothing about technology can make a ton of money
5. VCs can make a ton of money

The average Joe will get stuck holding stock in companies with AJAX-enabled web sites for pet food sales. Joe's rationale will be the result of all of the hype he read about Web 2.0.
~

Re:Why Hype 2.0 Doesn't Matter

[Anonymous Coward]

You don't have any idea what your talking about. Web 2.0 is poised to expedite e-business platforms and mesh sticky supply-chains with integrated transparent interfaces that transform visionary markets. Through iterating one-to-one paradigms, it revolutionize cross-media mindshare.

Paul Graham

[hobotron]

has a better 'Web 2.0' summary that I prefer. http://www.paulgraham.com/web20.html/

"Ballistic Trajectory" is NOT a good thing!

[ScentCone]

OK, I'm not a theoretical physicist, more of the practical variety (I shoot things). Assuming we're talking about things happening down here on the planet, the term "ballistic" is generally meant to suggest "propelled with an impulse, and not guided" (like a kicked football, or a bullet). The trajectory of such items usually involves:

1) Slowing down
2) Dropping (literally) like a rock

That is not the mental image I'd like to paint of some exciting new IT initiative. Honestly. Might as well say, "We've got to get in on this now! Why, this technology's going postal!"