Introduction to Web 2.0 and Business

The signs of Web 2.0 are clear. Look for some aspect of com­munity col­lab­or­a­tion, of user-​​​​generated content, of the ability to cus­tomise the content, of a desktop-​​​​like applic­a­tion exper­i­ence. But why exactly should we care? In the words of a BusinessWeek headline on June 5, 2006, why is that “Web 2.0 Has Corporate America Spinning”?

Users benefit

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MySpace has problems, what about me?

The key to success — make your site as ugly as possible…Vitamin Features » The MySpace problem:

When it comes to some of the web’s most popular sites — is their success because of or in spite of ‘ugly’ design?In his 2004 AIGA magazine piece It’s Good to Be Bad, David Volgler observed a troubling

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Cave 2.0

Marc Fawzi makes an inter­esting point about web 2.0 society

Fact: trusted indi­viduals are once again the source of news in a society (bloggers) Fact: word of mouth is once again how news spreads (viral mar­keting) Fact: people once again hunt and gather in a group (del.icio.us) Fact: people once again group things using words like

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