But in a nutshell, it seems that the crux of Web 2.0 is that the web is now driven by social networking sites and browser-based applications. I might be wrong about this. I'm OK with that. I welcome those in the know to give me their interpretations of it.
I'm certainly not immune from this. This very site, where this blog resides, is a sort of Web 2.0 affair. The time and expenses application we use at work is definitely Web 2.0. Part spreadsheet, part calendar, all Web 2.0.
So by now you're thinking, "Who cares?"
It's a fair question.
I think it's important, because we all know that everything in our society is about money. So where does the money come from? Take a site like this one... Or Facebook. Where do they make their money? Certainly, it's got to be from click-through ads somewhere on the site. But I guess those who make the decisions feel that I and 30,000+ of my friends have enough time in the day to click into the black hole of Teh Intarwebs.
I think it's important, because we all know that everything in our society is about money. So where does the money come from? Take a site like this one... Or Facebook. Where do they make their money? Certainly, it's got to be from click-through ads somewhere on the site. But I guess those who make the decisions feel that I and 30,000+ of my friends have enough time in the day to click into the black hole of Teh Intarwebs.
I dunno, I guess I shouldn't overthink it, but that's what I do. More on this later, you can be sure.
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Hmmm... I'm not sure about the money. I'm positive about the social aspect. I know more about you know that I have since about 1995. I'd pay for that.
Now, not know. Whatever.
You could be the only one.
:-)
I just realized that I also typed "that" instead of "than." I have issues.
I'm sure you have other readers. People just don't comment as much as they read. You'd be surprised by the lurkers.
I think the web 2.0 concept is more than just social networking, although the networking process facilitates it. It is a movement toward a dynamic living web as opposed to a static one. In the collaborative process the whole becomes more than the sum of its parts. Where the money comes in? No idea, but rest assured that when you click, someone somewhere is cashing in on it.
If this is Web Dynamism 2.0, I'll take static. What's that syaing you're so fond of...?
"It's not about the money, until it's about the money."
That seems to sum it up.
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