Preface
In the last five years there has been a phenomenal growth in the widespread adoption of the term Web 2.0 (originally coined in 1999), and the use of its associated emerging technologies. Web 2.0 is a controversial, all-embracing term, used as shorthand for anything from RSS, social networking, blogs, wikis, collaborative and open source software, video and image sharing, web services and folksonomies, to a host of other tools and applications.
Most would agree that whatever Web 2.0 is, it is in a state of ‘constant beta’, and with this in mind we suggest that this book be regarded as a narrative describing experience so far and a signpost to further developments, rather than a definitive work. Web 2.0 is not just about technology, of ...
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