What is Web 2.0 by Tim O'Reilley.

The must read 5 page article defining just what Web 2.0 means which inspired this blog.

Web 2.0 Is Hot in Japan...But Nobody Knows MySpace @ AJAXWORLD MAGAZINE

Web 2.0 Is Hot in Japan...But Nobody Knows MySpace @ AJAXWORLD MAGAZINE: "Nobody knows MySpace.

I opened my session by asking the audience 'How many people have heard of MySpace? Please raise your hand'. The audience became silent. Most people looked puzzled. Some of them were looking at each wondering what 'MySpace' means. Nobody raised hand. My translator asked me quietly what I meant by MySpace. As I was desperately explaining MySpace to her, she suddenly said 'Oh, that's like Mixi'. All of a sudden, the audience got it - MySpace is the Mixi in US. "

A Web 2.0 magazine of the future | News.blog | CNET News.com

A Web 2.0 magazine of the future | News.blog | CNET News.com: "JPG Magazine is doing the ultimate pulp mashup, tapping its community to provide material and vote on what gets published in print. All work is submitted for review by fellow photographers, and those chosen get $100 and a free subscription to the magazine.

As simple as this process sounds, it could have a seismic effect if adopted on a broad scale. JPG is essentially creating a print publication run by readers, drastically reducing the need for a traditional editorial staff. "

Keeping a Soldier Connected Web 2.0 Style

Keeping a Soldier Connected Web 2.0 Style: "Roland is a Second Lieutenant in the Army's Transportation Corp. We graduated together from Davidson College in 2005. But when I went to New York, he left for boot camp to fulfill his ROTC obligation.

But here he was, a year later, chatting at the end of his workday in an office on a base near the Ziggurat of Ur in Iraq. These are different times, aren't they?

Something has happened to our world. It started with “You’ve Got Mail!” and the tech boom of the 90s. That bubble burst, but now we are saturated in its soapy connectivity.

Call it post-bubble, call it Web 2.0, or call it an evolution in human communication. In our time, information travels at broadband rates.

And it's connecting a solider to his home."

RED HERRING | Religion Sites Embrace Web 2.0

RED HERRING | Religion Sites Embrace Web 2.0: "One has Psalms, the other has podcasts. One creates meaning out of Latin, an ancient language; the other finds new meanings through derivatives of common words, like “digg,” “friendster,” or “flickr.” One community meets every Sunday, the other meets with every click of a new web browser window."

Web Services With Web 2.0 Interfaces Are Surging – Thanks to AJAX @ AJAXWORLD MAGAZINE

Web Services With Web 2.0 Interfaces Are Surging – Thanks to AJAX @ AJAXWORLD MAGAZINE: "AJAX is allowing developers to make web-based applications function more like desktop ones"

The Evans Data survey found a 37% increase in respondents implementing or considering REST, with one out of four surveyed saying that they are considering REST-Based Web Services as a simpler alternative to SOAP-based services.

Monkey Bites

Monkey Bites: "
MyApartmentMap.com is a new mashup that brings a little bit of sanity to the total mind-melter that is the modern urban apartment search. The free service pulls apartment 'For rent' posts from Craigslist and plots them on a Google Map. The main interface puts the two side by side for easy browsing:"

New Web 2.0 Mash-Up Expands Photo-Merchandising Opportunities for Online Communities

New Web 2.0 Mash-Up Expands Photo-Merchandising Opportunities for Online Communities: "Today Exclaim, a leading branded platform provider of innovative Web and wireless applications, announced the launch of two new printing and merchandising services: 'Media Merchant' and 'Media Marketplace'. Designed for the revolutionary new generation of interactive services such as blogs, social networks, associations, and other online communities, the easy-to-use applications seamlessly plug into any Web site to make buying and selling prints and photo merchandise easy and intuitive. These true Web 2.0 mash-ups unite photo-sharing and merchandising capabilities with the interaction available at wildly popular online communities, and gives customers an array of customizable, personalized merchandising options."

InfoWorld Daily | InfoWorld | Web 2.0, mashups and the browser | July 31, 2006 04:44 AM | By Tom Sullivan

InfoWorld Daily | InfoWorld | Web 2.0, mashups and the browser | July 31, 2006 04:44 AM | By Tom Sullivan: "Getting beyond the hype, mashups are proving to be more than just annotated maps for consumery Web sites. 'Because mashups use technology that you already have -- JavaScript, XML, and DHTML, plus fast Internet connections to support graphical and functional richness --- there's no huge investment required,'"

» Web 2.0 profit angle: extreme self-promotion | Digital Micro-Markets | ZDNet.com

» Web 2.0 profit angle: extreme self-promotion | Digital Micro-Markets | ZDNet.com: "While VC-backed and corporate owned Web 2.0 free-to-consumer services grapple with how to monetize the enormous, and costly, traffic their properties are generating, a few industrious users of the free services are capitalizing on the open Web 2.0 services to actively self-promote themselves, and their own services.

In “Moguls of New Media,” The Wall Street Journal traces how one early MySpace “friend” has aggressively used MySpace’s free hosting and tools to self-promote herself and her own commercial Web site properties and offline businesses:"

Every Organization Should Have A Web 2.0 Story @ AJAXWORLD MAGAZINE

Every Organization Should Have A Web 2.0 Story @ AJAXWORLD MAGAZINE: "“Web 2.0 story”- what do you mean “Web 2.0 story”? I am not suggesting that every organization should build an Ajax product or go acquire a social networking site. I am merely suggesting that companies should take a serious look at web 2.0 from a business perspective, evaluate what/how web 2.0 might impact your business."

Business Week Web 2 0 is a Reality

Business Week Web 2 0 is a Reality: "The Live Web portends a real sea of change for business.

In the CEO Guide to Technology Business Week advises CEOs to take note of the Live Web.

Describing web services such as MyYahoo, Flickr, Wikipedia, MySpace and others as sites that demand interaction and participation, Many of these applications use content syndication and sharing with RSS feeds.

Business Week suggests that CEOs should be aware of how these applications can be applied, both internally and externally.

Here are some examples:
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Avatars and Grid 2.0

Avatars and Grid 2.0: "In Wikipedia, which is my favorite Web 2.0 site, there is a very healthy entry on MMORPG, which includes this blurb: 'Peer-to-peer MMORPGs could theoretically work cheaply and efficiently in regulating server load, but practical issues such as asymmetrical network bandwidth and CPU-hungry rendering engines make them a difficult proposition.'

Who knows who added the piece about peer-to-peer (P2P) to Wikipedia -- perhaps one of our GRIDtoday readers -- but the fact is that P2P computing methodology is already at the heart of many online games today, and the advances in Grid computing and communications are aimed right at the issues of asymmetry and CPU- hungry applications. The folks in the financial services industry who do risk analysis are very keen on Monte Carlo simulations using the Black-Scholes (sic Shoals, see below) algorithm. They have similar problems with asymmetry and CPU- hungry applications, and while their application is clearly more important than MMORPG, the number of individuals who actually use the application is severely constrained."