Web+2

The Read/Write Web: In which the Web is seen as a two-way medium, where people are both readers and writers. The main catalyst for this is social software, allowing communication and collaboration between two or more people. The Web as Platform: In which the Web is seen as a programming platform upon which developers create software applications and web services. You can do many software based activities onn the web - any computer
 * Web 2.0** generally refers to a second generation of services available on the World Wide Web that lets people collaborate and share information online. In contrast to the first generation, Web 2.0 gives users an experience closer to desktop applications than the traditional static Web pages. The new technologies often allow for mass publishing (web-based social software). The term may include blogs and wikis. To some extent Web 2.0 is a buzzword, incorporating whatever is newly popular on the Web (such as tags and podcasts), and its meaning is still in flux. (Wikipedia)
 * websites are designed to deliver applications to end users.
 * content is characterized by open communication, decentralised authority, freedom to share and re-use, and dynamic interactivity.
 * highly organized and categorized content.
 * a shift in economic value of the web,
 * a marketing term to differentiate new web businesses from earlier dot com models.

Blogs blogger.com Wikis wikispaces.com