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September 30, 2005
Web 2.0 def
Web 2.0 def: Tim O'Reilly coined the term, and there's since been a lot of discussion about what it might mean, but here Tim has the most practical definition I've seen yet: "Web 2.0 is about systems that harness collective intelligence." Sounds good to me. Hierarchies work for lots of tasks, but decentralized decision-making networks work for lots of other tasks... need both. It's easier to diagram how a piston works than how a garden works, though, so complex systems take time to evolve.
Posted by John Dowdell at September 30, 2005 08:10 PM
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