Richardweb2


 * //Web 2.0//** is a term describing changing trends in the use of World wide web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity information sharing. from wikipedia at 2.10pm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0



Does "Web 2.0" mean anything? Till recently I thought it didn't, but the truth turns out to be more complicated. Originally, yes, it was meaningless. Now it seems to have acquired a meaning. And yet those who dislike the term are probably right, because if it means what I think it does, we don't need it.

I first heard the phrase "Web 2.0" in the name of the Web 2.0 conference in 2004. At the time it was supposed to mean using "the web as a platform," which I took to refer to web-based applications. [[|1]]

So I was surprised at a conference this summer when Tim O'Reilly led a session intended to figure out a definition of "Web 2.0." Didn't it already mean using the web as a platform? And if it didn't already mean something, why did we need the phrase at all?

from http://www.paulgraham.com/web20.html at 2.17pm