Web 2.0 - A “mode”
I'm currently doing some research on Web 2.0 history, drivers, characteristics etc. in preparation for an event that Optaros is going to host in June in Zurich. Going through all those "What is Web 2.0" articles I found a definition aproach that I like a lot:
No tags for this post.But speaking of »Web 2.0« as technological term: People use it as a meme. It's an abstract word like »peace«. It doesn't mean a thing - it's a mode. A mode where technology can be a catalyst for emergence, spontaneity and openess. It does not come with the flaws of the »old school« openess where the idea that »anything goes« needed to be reinforced by expressively doing ridicolous and artsy things.