Week Ten

Week Ten was all about the Internet and now, what is known as Web 2.0
The name, Web 2.0, basically means the second generation of the web. Of course this can not actually happen, as the Internet changes on a minute basis. Daily, new sites are created and new ways of presenting a site are formed, along with more technical things, that it is impossible to say that the Internet has reached and stays at a certain level. True it has reached a new generation, with more than one billion people in the world connected online. The Internet is becoming more user friendly, and there are popular sites forming created and maintained by the public. A great example of this is none other than Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia, that enables the world wide public to add, contribute and edit the content. This means that articles can have well rounded information, yet some articles are prone to the odd lie here and there. Something that really interests me is that facebook has been built by its 200 million users, and together the 200 million users have created an asset worth 3.7 billion dollars. Naturally this money goes to a tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny percentage of the 200 million users. So basically, facebook is only worth so much, due to the sheer amount of people on the site. This is quite overwhelming, that 200 million people can easily make something worth 3.7 billion dollars. It may even be something to appreciate being one of those 200 million users. Yet somehow I can’t help to feel saddened by my lack of current wealth. Basically the more people that use a service, the more useful it becomes. This is definitely true with Amazon, a website containing the worlds largest collaboration of books, films, and music. Through the sales of a certain product, Amazon has been able to create a database of recommendations that their users have. This comes in handy when a customer is looking at a certain novel and sees another novel recommended by fellow users, a novel that perhaps also interests them. This has in fact allowed books to come back into printing, which has actually led to books becoming bestsellers, even after years of already being published, this all is able to happen though the wonders of Web 2.0.
This is just a picture that I found on a blog and I think that it embodies what I feel Web 2.0 means.
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Web 2.0 is all about the people, the people created and now maintain Web 2.0. Without the people, the Internet would not have come as far as it has, and without the people, it will not reach its true potential. With more and more people connecting online, who knows what the future of the Internet holds?
Hello Web 3.0!

I nearly forgot! During the tutorial we watched a video that I think I may possibly have fallen in love with. Love at first site, what can I say?
Titled – ‘We Didn’t Start the Flame War’ by College Humour, I think that it is pretty self explanatory…