Tuesday, December 27, 2005

What is Web 2.0? The Trend Spotter -- O'Reilly [clip]

Thought the combination of these two was very interesting. Some key points I liked:

* The importance of data and databases and the question of ownership;
* The utility of lightweight programming models (RSS and AJAX v. SOAP);
* Multi-device software (e.g. iTunes and also RFID to SPINE)


What is Web 2.0?

http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6228

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

The Trend Spotter

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.10/oreilly.html

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