PC World on Web 2.0 (kinda)
December 23rd, 2005PC World has a feature article on the “New, Improved Web”, where they talk about many “Web 2.0″ tools. The article isn’t due out in print until Feb 2006, which is probably on newsstands now (never really understood how that works).
“Like a child progressing into adolescence, the Web has entered a new era of sophistication. We used to spend most of our time just surfing the Internet–reading and downloading whatever we could find. Nowadays we’re more likely to create waves ourselves by sharing our opinions, photos, and home videos; collaborating by text, voice, and video; or adding our own data to maps that span the globe.”
They break down their discussion into 8 categories:
+ Apps in a Browser
+ Collaboration and Community
+ Search and Maps
+ The New Web Starts Here
+ Widgets Break Out of the Browser
+ IM via the Web
+ The New Web at Work
+ Roll Your Own Service
I got a kick looking the Collaboration and Community section and finding a note on Library Thing which is, hands down, my favorite tool of 2005 (No, I’m not making a top 10 list).
“This site is similar to Del.icio.us, but for the tweed set. If you love books, and love people who love books, Library Thing is for you. Start by using the service to catalog your book collection: Tag your books by topic, share your catalog with others, and then endlessly browse the titles that they have on their shelves. The utterly book obsessed can add the LibraryThing widget to a blog to show visitors what they have been reading lately. Listing up to 200 books is free; listing any number of books beyond that costs either $10 per year or a one-time $25 fee.”
The article is well taking a look at if you are new to these new tools.