Five Reasons Why Web 2.0 Matters

[Kristijntje]

While generally exciting and engaging by most accounts, one thing my public presentations on Web 2.0 don't seem to address is the value proposition to the average person or organization.  Why should they spend their valuable time to leverage Web 2.0 ideas, participate in Web 2.0 software, or even create new Web 2.0 functionality? How exactly does taking the effort to do this become worthwhile?  That question doesn't seem to be asked often enough or generally articulated.  Web 2.0 is exciting enough in its own right to sustain lots of interest and buzz, but how does it translate to delivering tangible value to the world at large?

... the benefits that Web 2.0 best practices can provide in using and building engaging, useful software on the Web.

Five Reasons Why Web 2.0 Matters

• The Focus of Technology Moves To People With Web 2.0...
  
• Web 2.0 Represents Best Practices...
  
• Web 2.0 Has Excellent Feng Shui...
  
• Quality Is Maximized, Waste Is Minimized...
  
• Web 2.0 Has A Ballistic Trajectory...
  

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