Web 2.0 is here! Most people don't understand or even know what that really means. The new generation on the web realizes its potential for not being just an online magazine to flip through and read. We want more from the internet than a bunch of static pages that just fill us full of useless information! We want to be able to interact with the web. We want to customize everything for us! You don't want to go through the internet looking at what everyone else thinks you want to read, see, or hear. No! You want to get on the internet. Start up your "online life" and go for it. You want to have everything you are interested in be at your fingertips without having to go to the ends of the Internet to get it. Every time you log in. This is where Web 2.0 comes through... Below is the tech side of an explanation, and also a nice pdf slideshow for you, if you are really interested if you click on the picture.

Web 2.0 Framework
* Web 2.0 is founded on seven key Characteristics: Participation, Standards, Decentralization, Openness, Modularity, User Control, and Identity.
* The heart of Web 2.0 is how it converts Inputs (User Generated Content, Opinions, Applications), through a series of Mechanisms (Technologies, Recombination, Collaborative Filtering, Structures, Syndication) to Emergent Outcomes that are of value to the entire community.

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