Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Web 2.0 ~ Web Based Communities and More!


Web 2.0, a phrase created by O'Reilly Media in 2003 refers to a "perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services — such as social-networking sites, wikis and folksonomies" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0) — which encourages persons with shared interests to contribute ideas with each other.

Through an online class with OCLS, I was asked to explore a Web 2.0 site. Following is a particularly interesting one if you are interested in Top 10 lists. This site contains many categories for Top 10, gives a brief explanation and then gives the link for the article. Give it a try! Below are several interesting Top 10's I found while investigating http://www.toptentoptenlists.com/ .

TopTen Gadgets - #4 12 Ways to Pimp Your Office
http://positivesharing.com/2007/03/12-ways-to-pimp-your-office/

TopTen Health - Top 10 Dad-Tested Ways to Soothe a Crying Baby
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/dads/10waystosoothebaby/

Topten Business - Top 5 Reasons Why "The Customer is Always Right" is wrong

Click here for the complete article and links to http://www.positivesharing.com/ .

There is also a Top 10 Web 2.0 list! Remember the coined phrase that said the internet is like a super-highway. Now, it's even speedier and can reach more places than the Concord!