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What is the fundamental core of internet use
I was reading an article about university programs and grants that Microsoft provides funding for, and it got me thinking once again about the core purpose of the internet. What is it that makes it such a necessary and integral part of everyday society. As time goes on I see the internet becoming more and more integrated with our lives and I see many parallels of the computing world and the real world. Computers started as individual, isolated processing units and which then began to be "connected" to allow them to share and transfer information. The internet is an obvious evolution of this same fundamental technique, as it allows every single computer to be connected all the time (we went from dial up to "always on" broadband).
So where does Web 2.0 play into all this? My opinion is that web 2.0 simply added a social component to the internet, thats all. We now have the ability to comment, tag, and recommend and share things in ways we didn't before. I've read many articles regarding Web 2.0 especially when the term first began to be thrown around, and it's ironic that the very people that know the most about computers had trouble understanding the concept of Web 2.0 simply because computer techies are not the most social bunch. In essence, it's like the internet world is developing to catch up with the real world, and it has now acquired the trait of being social while sharing information.
So is that it? The internet is a big deal because it allows us to share information most efficiently? If that's true, could "context-aware model of information access" eventually come to define Web 3.0? Google's whole business model is based on this concept and Microsoft is not too far behind...
So where does Web 2.0 play into all this? My opinion is that web 2.0 simply added a social component to the internet, thats all. We now have the ability to comment, tag, and recommend and share things in ways we didn't before. I've read many articles regarding Web 2.0 especially when the term first began to be thrown around, and it's ironic that the very people that know the most about computers had trouble understanding the concept of Web 2.0 simply because computer techies are not the most social bunch. In essence, it's like the internet world is developing to catch up with the real world, and it has now acquired the trait of being social while sharing information.
So is that it? The internet is a big deal because it allows us to share information most efficiently? If that's true, could "context-aware model of information access" eventually come to define Web 3.0? Google's whole business model is based on this concept and Microsoft is not too far behind...