In case you’re not exactly sure what Web 2.0 is, and to show you why I think it’s so important, here are some excellent videos explaining a few of it’s key components. These videos would be good both for my mom (a painter and instructor curious about the web) as well as for CEOs, CFOs, CIOs and CTOs–many of the whom, if they’re honest, don’t have good grasp of this stuff–which increasingly has an impact on running a company*.
The videos are from Common Craft, who do a great job of explaining complicated things in simple ways:
Blogs in Plain English
RSS in Plain English
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Wikis in Plain English
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Social Networking in Plain English
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Social Bookmarking in Plain English
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Online Photo Sharing in Plain English
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Twitter in Plain English
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*More than three-quarters of executives who responded to a recent McKinsey survey on Web 2.0 say they plan to maintain or increase their investments in technology trends that encourage user collaboration, such as peer-to-peer networking, social networks and web services.
