Web 2.0

the lecture on web 2.0 was very odd, the 2.0 web seems to be seen as very ambitious. even the choice of 2.0 refers to a great advance over 1.0 it suggests that it will be the next step in the evolution of the net, this however may not be the case. i was much more impressed by the idea of the semantic web because the web 2.0 just seams to be a shift from static to live and user generated content. it represents a more community driven and user influenced experience on the web - Wikipedia is an example of the web 2.0 where the content is user generated and monitored and updated and only the application is not manipulable. things such as blogs will also add to the web 2.0 with live real time news entering the blog sphere and causing the evolution and communication based advance of the internet.