Finding out about Web 2.0
30 August 2006 | Categories: Blogging, Innovation, Social media, Software | 2 comments
One of the things on my ”to do” list is to spend some time exploring some of the Web 2.0 services that I haven’t yet tried out. I’m already a regular user of sites including Bloglines, Flickr, Wikipedia, Technorati and, of course, Wordpress, but I’ve yet to fully explore the potential of others. Del.icio.us, Rollyo and Writely are just a few that I want to explore in more depth.
My first port of call is going to be Web2logo.com, which I came across via Micro Persuasion. The site displays logos for Web 2.0 services, with each one linking through to information, news, traffic stats and user ratings on the service. Each service is tagged which means you can browse Web 2.0 sites that centre on bookmarking, search and photo services, amongst other categories.
when you explore del.icio.us, be sure to check out ma.gnolia as well (ma.gnolia.com) — same function (bookmarking), different style, friendlier UI.
also, i”m curious, is the term “web 2.0″ generally accepted in your web circles? in mine it is not. people roll their eyes when they hear it. i’m just wondering if the reaction is similar on your side of the pond? i have very little sense of the british web design community…
Thanks for this! I read Micropersuasion but somehow missed that really useful collection of links.
Yes, getting up to speed with Web 2.0 companies is on my (never-ending) To Do list as well…. I just wish they’d stop inventing new companies/services to explore.