Web 2.0
by Tom Anthony on Feb.17, 2008, under General Posts
O.K., let’s start right here.
When you say Web 2.0 what the heck are you talking about? Social Networking. But unless you dive in a little bit that pretty much is the same as saying flux capacitor. If you know what it means it has a lot of relevance, if you don’t it just sounds like common words strung together for no particular reason. By the way Doc Brown used his flux capacitor to get Back To The Future.
My position as Vice President of an eBusiness company means I have to know what Web 2.0 means. Not just that; I have to be able to explain it to people. Our company (Web Teks) specializes in strategic planning of business Initiatives which have some Internet or web based component. My particular niche is in media with a deep background in broadcasting.
With broadband now widely available this turbo charged World Wide Web is like every person in the world with access to a computer having their own newspaper, Radio Station, and Television Channel all at the same time. So with the media background in my hip pocket I embark today on a mission to question all things related to the business of the Internet and to the best of my ability explain it to anyone interested. To that end I have blogged these notes in my personal blog, and my stumbled in blog.
Next out we’ll look at some important 2.0 sites like del.icio.us, Plaxo.com, Linkedin.com, and jigsaw.com. Stand by — I think (and hope) this is going to get pretty good