I don't know what Web 2.0 is. In trying to educate myself, I have not been able to find a clear definition of what it is -- which is indicative that Web 2.0 is a general fuzzy idea at best right now. I looks like there are two distinct parts of Web 2.0 -- one is about types of applications (i.e. social networking apps, etc.) and the other is about various technology.
That these two are arbitrarily grouped together and labeled Web 2.0 doesn't make much sense to me. It's clear that social networking apps like delicious, flickr, etc. can exist without AJAX, XML, or whatever other technology. Also, the new technology is not limited to the ones typically mentioned in Web 2.0 articles.
Without overhyping or understating it, the new technologies are certainly useful (Google Maps, various other Google project), and the new concepts (social networking, Flickr, etc.) are certainly interesting regardless of what technology is used.
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I don't know what Web 2.0 is. In trying to educate myself, I have not been able to find a clear definition of what it is -- which is indicative that Web 2.0 is a general fuzzy idea at best right now. I looks like there are two distinct parts of Web 2.0 -- one is about types of applications (i.e. social networking apps, etc.) and the other is about various technology.
That these two are arbitrarily grouped together and labeled Web 2.0 doesn't make much sense to me. It's clear that social networking apps like delicious, flickr, etc. can exist without AJAX, XML, or whatever other technology. Also, the new technology is not limited to the ones typically mentioned in Web 2.0 articles.
Without overhyping or understating it, the new technologies are certainly useful (Google Maps, various other Google project), and the new concepts (social networking, Flickr, etc.) are certainly interesting regardless of what technology is used.