December 12th, 2005

An Introduction to Web 2.0

by Joshua Porter  |   5 Comments

Update: After one day we’re up to 20 in the most popular list. Let’s hit #1. We’ve already leapfrogged the other Web 2.0 Squidoo pages, but we can do better. To get to #1 we need to do two things. You need to help me with feedback and promotion of the page…send along your suggestions, comments, concerns in the comments here and link to the page if you can (only link if you find it valuable - don’t like simply because I asked). Then I’ll aggregate the comments, figuring out a judicious way to make changes ( I can’t add everything) . If we can do that, the content will grow more valuable and drive us up the ladder. We’ll be our own Web 2.0 example. ( end update )

I haven’t seen a quick and easy introduction to Web 2.0 yet, so I created one over at Squidoo:

Introduction to Web 2.0

My goal in creating this was to provide a snapshot of resources for those folks trying to get a handle on this whole Web 2.0 Thing.

I’ve tried really hard to include the most popular, comprehensive works on the topic. It was extremely hard to whittle down all the things I’ve read into this short list, but this is a good start, I think. In the coming days I’ll revise and rework the page as necessary, based on feedback from the likes of you and others.

I’m looking foward to any recommendations, comments, or concerns you may have. Please let me know what you think!

Comments ( 5 Responses so far )

1.  /pd on December 12th, 2005 (Comment) #

heheheh.. I tagged the lens here
is right at the bottom :)-

I need a section for the latest and greatest web2.0 toolkits available for downloading.. or least I am trying to get my hands on a RIA toolkit.. for prototyping

2.  Hone Watson on December 13th, 2005 (Comment) #

Cool wordpress theme bro. Is it available for others to use?

3.  CIO-Blogger on December 13th, 2005 (Comment) #

TRACKBACK: Joshua Porter hat auf Sqidoo (auch so ein Web 2.0-Dingens im Beta-Stadium) eine ausführliche Übersicht über das Web 2.0-Thema zusammengestellt. Mit Beispielen, Links zu Grundsatz-Texten usw. Das Ganze nennt sich bei Sqidoo “lenses” und soll wohl so eine Art Vergrößerungsglas auf bestimmte Themen sein. “LensMaster” Joshua Porter hat aber auch ein eigenes Weblog zum Thema.

4.  /pd on December 15th, 2005 (Comment) #

Josh: something broken on your page. I am using a 7250 blackberry for on the road trolling..

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/www/bokardo/classes/DeliciousData.class.php on line 94

5.  Tiffany Dow on June 27th, 2007 (Comment) #

Great lens on web 2.0! Squidoo is indeed powerful, but I’m not all into the ones you have to go cloak and dagger in. Tiff :)

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