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Web 2.0 and Social Media 101
If you hadn’t already noticed, my domain socialtechgeek.com contains the word “social” and with that in mind I will be promoting Social Media and Social Networking and introducing these tools to my readers. Social Networking came about from Web 2.0 which encourages interaction and dialogue between users of the world wide web as opposed to what Web 1.0 was limited to, that being monologue.
The term “Web 2.0″ was coined by Darcy DiNucci in 1999. In her article “Fragmented Future,” she writes[5]
“The Web we know now, which loads into a browser window in essentially static screenfuls, is only an embryo of the Web to come. The first glimmerings of Web 2.0 are beginning to appear, and we are just starting to see how that embryo might develop The Web will be understood not as screenfuls of text and graphics but as a transport mechanism, the ether through which interactivity happens. It will [...] appear on your computer screen, [...] on your TV set [...] your car dashboard [...] your cell phone [...] hand-held game machines [...] and maybe even your microwave”
Darcy was spot on and today we are surrounded by Web 2.0 and a plethora of Social Networking sites and all that it has to offer. Social Networking comes in many forms those which many of you reading this article would have come across including Blogs, Facebook, You Tube and others that you may have not come across or are aware of including Twitter, Stumble Upon and the list goes on. Over the upcoming posts I will focus my attention in a lot more detail explaining each of these tools and how you can benefit from them.
Social Networking can be broken into these category groups in which I have provided examples for each;
Communication:
Blogs such as Blogger, WordPress, LiveJournal, TypePad, Posterous.
Micro blogging such as Twitter, Plurk
Social Networking such as, Facebook, LinkedIn, My Space, Orkut.
Multimedia:
Photos and Video sharing services such as Flickr, Picasa, SmugMug, Photobucket, YouTube, Vimeo, Last.fm.
Social bookmarking:
Sharing Internet favourites through services such as Delicious, Stumble Upon, Reddit, Google Reader.
The below image is what I refer to as the Web 2.0 map… hmm you might say, yes it seems quite overwhelming to the average user, so buckle in your seats and come for the ride, it will be worth the experience!!
So are you ready to embrace social media and social networking?
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An IT Pro and Social Media Enthusiast, I became an MCP in 2001 after studying Accounting at University. I have over 10 years experience in designing and implementing systems using Microsoft Technologies. I'm a MAC and a PC so expect to see the best of both worlds. 