web2.wsj2.com — The Web 2.0 is spreading like wildfire but most people are still trying to understand it. Dion Hinchcliffe complements Tim O'Reilly's exciting new Web 2.0 Meme Map with a new visualization that explains the concrete pieces. Short, sweet, and concise. Not to be missed if you're tracking the Web 2.0 craze.
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bitzSep 28, 2005
People are throwing around terms like web 2.0 and next generation far too freely.Blogging, digg and such are not web 2.0To me web 2.0 is a secure anonymous layer over the current internet, on which truely cool sites and services reside.Web 2.0 is desperately needed due to governments and other organizations severely abusing people online.As such it is not something you can buy stock in. However if you want to invest in the future you can donate to it's development here. <a class="user" href="http://www.i2p.net/donate">http://www.i2p.net/donate</a>With this amazing new software layer for the internet, it allows for some really amazing new applications and networks. Such as a safe open public wireless network.
pcgeek101Sep 28, 2005
"As such it is not something you can buy stock in. However if you want to invest in the future you can donate to it's development here. <a class="user" href="http://www.i2p.net/donate">http://www.i2p.net/donate"</a>we were kidding ... at least I was."Such as a safe open public wireless network."I use public wifi networks quite securely thank you. Tunneling web traffic using a secure browser (Firefox) over an ssh tunnel, and using an e-mail service and client (gmail/thunderbird) that supports TLS suffices for me ... oh, and an instant messenger that supports http proxying (done over ssh as well) ... such as gaim?Here are some url's for you:<a class="user" href="http://gaim.sf.net">http://gaim.sf.net</a> (gaim IM client)<a class="user" href="http://www.mozilla.org">http://www.mozilla.org</a> (Firefox/Thunderbird for browsing/e-mail)<a class="user" href="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/">http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/</a> (putty for ssh)<a class="user" href="http://www.gmail.com">http://www.gmail.com</a>
mikezilaSep 28, 2005
To me, "web 2.0" is a meaningless buzzword news sites throw around to look like they have something "new" and "fresh".I'll admit, though, that the things that keep tagging along with "web 2.0" do sound good. More sites like Digg (ones run by the people that use them) would do the internet a great deal of good.
pcgeek101Sep 28, 2005
"I'll admit, though, that the things that keep tagging along with "web 2.0" do sound good. More sites like Digg (ones run by the people that use them) would do the internet a great deal of good."Yes, that is definitely agreeable. Dynamic sites like Digg are awesome, but there's no reason to be calling all of this stuff "Web 2.0". "craze" is also not a great way to describe it. Sure the technologies that sites like Digg are built on are cool, but they're simply existing technologies being tied together to create a truly dynamic web application. More power to these types of development. Down with the "Web 2.0 craze" ...
jp10558Sep 28, 2005
Seriously, I don't get it. That blog leaves me underwhelmed. Why do I want to put all my data on a system not controlled by me, and accessed often without SSL, from a system I don't control either?I may be paranoid, but I like to keep my data on my PC. I think this is why notebook PCs are popular rather than Internet Cafes or ubiquitious terminals...Lots of computing is about feel - physical feel, you've got the Logitech mouse you like (which *won't* be at the random terminal), you've got the software configured how you like (which may be at the terminal...) etc...I mean, where are we using all these web apps? What's the point if it's on PCs we control and can setup VPNs on? If it's so I can check my mail at the local Internet Cafe - do you want to use IE6 to do that from a PC you have no idea if there's a keylogger on? etc.
greenknightSep 28, 2005
Somebody noticed that the web has evolved, and decided to hang a tag on what's happening now called "Web 2.0"The internet is evolving continuously, it makes no sense to point to one set of developments and say "This is the new web!"It's always the new web, it's new every day. That's it's nature. It's not like there's been some radical change of direction, this is what the internet was concieved as, even before the technology existed to make it happen.