A new kind of Internet

Okay, I’ve been blogging recently about Web 2.0 (from the book “Web 2.0,” by Mark Briggs.

But what do we mean by Web 2.0?

Think of it this way: Web 1.0 was the original, for all practical purposes read-only old Net—with home pages and lots of limitation.

Web 2.0 is much more open and powerful, with “open-source software allowing users control and flexibility.”

That means users (folks like you who are now reading this posting on the Net) cannot only read; you can change what you read, add to what you read with your opinion or comment…

Examples of Web 2.0: Wikipedia, MySpace (most popular Web site on the planet), YouTube, Amazon, eBay, Flikr (where you can upload and share photos), blogger.com, delicious.com (a Web site with your favorite bookmarks—organized just as you like)

So Web 2.0 is about open back and forth communication—between posters and users, between users and users (you get the idea).

It’s about conversation, not lecture (as was the case with Web 1.0).

Meaning of all this for readers?

We’re no longer only RECEIVERS of messages on the Internet; we can CREATE and SHARE messages.

News and other kinds of messages are conversation, not lecture.

Enough for now. More later.