what is web 2.0?
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These are the slides for DPI-665, "The Politics of the Internet" class of Feb 6, 2012. The topic is "What is Web 2.0" and it implications for the political arena.TRANSCRIPT
DPI-665Politics of the Internet
“What is Web 2.0”
February 6, 2012
Micah L. Sifry
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Building on abundance
• Bottom-up
• Accept all, filter afterwards
• Let the crowd add value
Origin of the term Web 2.0
• Tim O’Reilly, O’Reilly media and open source advocate
• John Battelle, Industry Standard publisher, author “The Search”
Emergence
• How complex systems emerge from simple behaviors
Aspects of Web 2.0
• Web services not web sites
• Dynamic not static
• The service automatically gets better the more people use it
• Harness collective intelligence
• Open architecture means others can build on your platform
Google Maps platform
Craigslist data
HousingMaps.com mashup
Users contribute value
Delicious bookmark sharing
Flickr photo-sharing
Web 1.0 vs 2.0