Good examples of web 2.0 sites were provided in class but I decided to seek out more given those that were provided offer such useful services. After Googling for "the best web 2.0 sites" I discovered some great resources. There’s even a web2.0 toolbar found at http://www.web20toolbar.com/. Some of these great finds are useful from a personal perspective while others will hopefully help us with AJAX and our projects. The first site that stood out is Web 2 AJAX projects. This site presents a categorized list (shown below) of different projects which you can drill down on to view a brief description of the service it offers.
Another site, SEOmoz’s , rated a host of web 2.0 sites by category. Below I’ve listed a few that looked most appealing but I recommend visiting the site as it lists several.
| CATEGORY | URL | BRIEF DESCRIPTION |
| Web Dev | http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes | Pipes lets you combine the feeds and information from a variety of services, letting you create mashups and other data-based |
| Education | http://www.mangolanguages.com/ | Mango brings total immersion language learning to the Internet, exposing students to conversations with native speakers. |
| Guides and Reviews | http://www.yelp.com/ | Yelp is the fun and easy way to find, review and talk about what's great -and not so great- in your area. |
While interacting with the 2.0 version there’s more opportunity for a “sense of community” in this highly technical world where it sometimes feels we are so disconnected. With this wealth of data sharing, collaboration, and user interaction, what can we expect for Web 3.0?
Great links. I've also found a number of personal productivity and team productivity tools that are based on AJAX and Web 2.0 concepts. Lately, I have been using Google's suite of tools effectively to manage my schedule, to-do list, and larger projects. If you haven't already, I recommend your individual groups check them out.
ReplyDeleteDiane, Interesting links. My problem with all this is that there is so much information its dificult to know when to just stop and use what you have. You bring up a good point about web 3.0. I never really thought about the next generation. Although, I never really noticed the change to 2.0 either and, if it hadn't been brought up in class I probably would still be happy with the Internet... not knowing that it had evolved to 2.0 without me realizing it.
ReplyDeleteI did not know before that there was Web 1.0 and web 2.0 until we had the class. i just had a clue what the difference is because of the Google class I had where we had to code with HTML and in there you must specify what type of web are you writing in. I liked the links but I agree there is a lot of infomation. There is web 3.0 what is that supposed to do ?
ReplyDeleteDiane. Nice selection of sites! Web 2.0 is really what got me interested in IT in the first place. The fact that I could finally mold webpages to match my needs drew me into the IT field. If your interested in Web 3.0, take a look at my post on Wave :-)
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