What Exactly Is the Web 2.0?
Briefly described, it is the latest evolution of the Web that enables people to take an interactive part in a particular Web site. This means that they can add all kinds of content to it: video, audio, chat rooms, blogging and instant messages. The Web 2.0 has empowered the Internet user to the highest degree ever. Recently, I saw a discussion of the Web 2.0 and various definitions of it on a Harvard Business School Web site I sometimes visit. One of the professors spoke of the Web 2.0 as containing platforms that consist of various channels. For example, instant messaging would be just one of the channels, or subsets, of a particular platform. Listen to Ted di Stefano (7:03 minutes) I added my 2 cents by describing the Web 2.0 as a town meeting where all sorts of interaction is going on: a speaker might be speaking to the entire group; two or more individuals might be carrying on a conversation of their own; documents could emanate either from the main speaker or from the audience, et
