For most of us currently studying at QUT we would hardly remember what Web 1.0 was about. It seemed so long ago... a whole 4 years ago! (the first Web 2.0 conference was in October of '04), when we were mere high school peasants longing for a world of freedom which would be given to us through UNIVERSITY.
When Web 1.0 was in vogue we were consumers not produsers, like the majority of Web 2.0 users are. A produser is someone who creates online content. This could be something as simple as having a Facebook account. Following on from this, Web 2.0 sees outcomes remaining always unfinished, and continually under development. In contrast to Web 2.0, Web 1.0 saw a small number of people impacting on content creation. Information was more static, passively read by the end user.
Social software has enabled us to be socially colaborative and create Do-It-Yourself communities. Examples of these are online publishing (a.k.a the blogging phenomenon), media sharing (Flickr and YouTube) and knowledge management (wiki and del.icio.us). This is how buzz words such as 'tagging' 'podcasting' and 'blogging' were coined. As mentioned earlier, a large number of people are now becoming involved in creating web content. Social software has made this transition possible. It allows better access for collaboration.
Essentially, Web 2.0 provides a more organised and categorised option from Web 1.0. It has higher content, is more functional, hence providing a democratic, personal and DIY medium.
By Emma and natalie
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