Web 2.0 is the nickname for the socially driven World Wide Web that we find flooding us with information every single day. Not only is there new information daily, but new ways to view, record, and share information with those that matter, and those that matter less.
Paul Anderson and Tim O'reilly outlined six ideas that form the basis of the driving force behind Web 2.0:
1 Individual production and User Generated Content
2 Harness the power of the crowd
3 Data on an epic scale
4 Architecture of Participation
5 Network Effects
6 Openness
Three of these held particular interest for me, as they directly relate to the final project my team and I are attempting to piece together, for a grade and the rest of the world to enjoy.
1) Individual production and User Generated Content
3) Data on an epic scale
6)Openness
Individual production and User Generated Content
YouTube, among other sources, is a significant source of evidence of Web 2.0 and the ease of creating content. Especially to those with little or no actual experience in a given field.
This video is evidence:
In essence the people, or viewers, are becoming the news networks of Web 2.0 and the 21st Century.
I, for one, like the ease of access that comes with the new Web, and encourage all to explore it just a little bit. Right now I am exploring putting up a website through our final project. It may not currently look like much, but we intend to make something out of it that will be attractive and useful to the people of the Web.
Data on an Epic scale
This idea is actually key to our project. Our project, in remixing the text of the Cathedral and the Bazaar we are helping the people of Web 2.0 to shift through all the available information and better understand what it is that they are looking at, and the ideas presented to them. Our purpose is to present the content in a way that will not only make it more attractive to viewers, but also user friendly, in that it is easy to understand, even for the least technically minded of us.
Openness
Openness is an additional elemental portion of Remixing the Cathedral and the Bazaar. Primarily, if Eric Raymond had decided to copy-right his content, we would be left with his version, not to mention the need for a different project! However, the creative commons license allows us to alter Raymond's work, and present it in a fashion that suits us, and what we believe most of the viewers will find more helpful.
For many openness, creative commons, and the end of copyright, especially on the internet, are new and even dangerous ideas that many take with a large dose of caution. But to me the question is why would you want to stop the flow of information that helps to build a better world? Why wouldn't you want other people to take your ideas and expand on them?
Even the white picket fence of the American Dream Home has slates, holes if you will, and it never stopped the neighbors from talking and sharing over the top of it.
Paul Anderson and Tim O'reilly outlined six ideas that form the basis of the driving force behind Web 2.0:
1 Individual production and User Generated Content
2 Harness the power of the crowd
3 Data on an epic scale
4 Architecture of Participation
5 Network Effects
6 Openness
Three of these held particular interest for me, as they directly relate to the final project my team and I are attempting to piece together, for a grade and the rest of the world to enjoy.
1) Individual production and User Generated Content
3) Data on an epic scale
6)Openness
Individual production and User Generated Content
YouTube, among other sources, is a significant source of evidence of Web 2.0 and the ease of creating content. Especially to those with little or no actual experience in a given field.
This video is evidence:
In essence the people, or viewers, are becoming the news networks of Web 2.0 and the 21st Century.
I, for one, like the ease of access that comes with the new Web, and encourage all to explore it just a little bit. Right now I am exploring putting up a website through our final project. It may not currently look like much, but we intend to make something out of it that will be attractive and useful to the people of the Web.
Data on an Epic scale
This idea is actually key to our project. Our project, in remixing the text of the Cathedral and the Bazaar we are helping the people of Web 2.0 to shift through all the available information and better understand what it is that they are looking at, and the ideas presented to them. Our purpose is to present the content in a way that will not only make it more attractive to viewers, but also user friendly, in that it is easy to understand, even for the least technically minded of us.
Openness
Openness is an additional elemental portion of Remixing the Cathedral and the Bazaar. Primarily, if Eric Raymond had decided to copy-right his content, we would be left with his version, not to mention the need for a different project! However, the creative commons license allows us to alter Raymond's work, and present it in a fashion that suits us, and what we believe most of the viewers will find more helpful.
For many openness, creative commons, and the end of copyright, especially on the internet, are new and even dangerous ideas that many take with a large dose of caution. But to me the question is why would you want to stop the flow of information that helps to build a better world? Why wouldn't you want other people to take your ideas and expand on them?
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