I was at a publishing conference in New York and they were talking about Web 2.0. How do you get it? It turns out I had it and did not know it. By having the latest browser, and there is no excuse not to, you are up to date.
The term "Web 2.0" was coined by O'Reilly vice president Dale Dougherty in 2004. In the early days web sites were passive, you viewed what was delivered and that was it. The pages were static, meaning that the user could not interact with the Web page. Dynamic Web pages, on the other hand, allow the user to interact with the Web page. In the book Wikinomics, Don Tabscott says, "the new Web is about participating rather than about passively receiving information." How true it is.
Participation is made possible by web developers deploying "server side" programs like Java, ASP, and PHP that have extensive hooks into databases like SQL, Oracle, and MySQL. On the client side, that is your browser, web pages make use of JavaScript or even VBScript. The average user has no clue on who is driving things, the server or the client, all they know is they have a very interactive experience.
If you have web based on-line banking you are experiencing interactivity. At two companies that I consult for engineers and scientist can search databases and reference books and can experience interactive graphs, a term coined by Knovel Corporation, at www.knovel.com. First responders like Homeland Security and fireman can even get toxic chemical properties, interactively, on their cell phone from William Andrew Publishing. You can experience the actual content at http://www.williamandrew.com/wml/sittighome.html.
What does Web 3.0 have in store for us? I am sure my children and their friends, the Net Generation, has something in store for us.
he bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point for the web. Many people concluded that the web was overhyped, when in fact bubbles and consequent shakeouts appear to be a common feature of all technological revolutions.
Posted by: test automation | September 15, 2010 at 07:25 PM
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Posted by: Dinheiro | June 30, 2011 at 05:47 PM
My update is trying to make money with my websites. ;)
Posted by: gestão e administração | December 16, 2011 at 03:48 PM