On Web 2.0…
nThe most misunderstood buzzword…ever
nEntrepreneurial
nA roadmap for establishing a web-based company
nA means of soliciting funding
nAnything mashed-up
nMarketing
nAn excuse to retrofit your commodity as a Long Tail
candidate
nThe latest attempt to monetize web-syndicated data
nA content delivery philosophy
nA means of capitalizing on network effects
nSlashdot, Digg, iTunes Music Store
nTechnical
nAny web app using AJAX, JSON, RSS, screen scraping, web
services
nAbsolutely contingent upon REST or SOA
nAnything built with Python and/or Ruby
nAn extension of the LAMP stack
nDesign
nNew font set, fancy colors, non-traditional UIs
nHeavy lean towards RIA
nMy definition of Web 2.0
nA new way of expressing data on the WWW
nA new way to build a business
nAmazon, eBay are merely extensions of real-life business
transactions
nNew businesses transform online lifestyle