Stay Curious About Web 2.0

Wade around in Web 2.0 waters and little by little you will better understand it and learn to use it. Let's look at some examples of how things have evolved.

• Your brochure that a developer turned into static Web pages is now fresh blog entries that you post and syndicate across the Web.

• The junk mail at the post office that turned into SPAM is now information to which you can subscribe or unsubscribe.

• The definitive book on a subject that became a static website is now collaboratively written articles and democratic debate on Wikipedia.

• A retailer who paid to create, host, and maintain her own Site now sells her product on eBay, Google Base, and Craigslist.

• Listing your service in the phone book, classifieds, and online directories is now posting your service availability to Self Book It for clients to book-up.

The long and growing list of Web 2.0 tools will further evolve the way we market and shop for information, goods, and services.