Week 3: Web 2.0 and Podcasting where is this heading?

Both Web 2.0 and Podcasting are developing so fast these days, and getting more popular. At first time, I did not really have any knowledge about the differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0. And also a word ‘Podcasting’ was not familiar to me.
As I keep researching about these two, I found out a key Web 2.0 principle which is the service automatically gets better the more people use it. Web 2.0 is based on human interactions which hosts many different kinds of services. “It is the design patterns and business models for the next generation of software” (2007, O'Reilly Media). One important name was mentioned when I research about Web 2.0, and it was Tim O'Reilly. He was the one who described Web 2.0 as business embracing the web as a platform. Some examples of Web 2.0 include Wikipedia, Google map, eBay, and so on. Although I was not familiar with a word Web 2.0, I already knew most of examples of it, and used it. In my opinion, Web 2.0 will be developing more and people will use it more in the future. The reason is, for example, we use eBay to buy and sell products. This is really convenient way, and people like to use it more often. I think Web 2.0 is mostly lead by people, and this is another reason that it will be develop even faster. Everyone can access and use it with even little knowledge about the web.
Podcasting is “a new type of online media delivery. We publish selected audio files via the internet and allow the users to subscribe via an RSS feed to automatically receive new files”(2005, O’Reilly Media-Podcasting). I also think Podcasting has potential of more development and will be used in a variety way, those can be communication, education, entertainment, and so on. In conclusion, as technology develops and more people started to use World Wide Web, these Web 2.0 and Podcasting will also diffuse more in the future.




Reference:

What Is Web 2.0, 2007, http://www.oreilly.de/artikel/web20.html
What Is Podcasting, 2005, http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/07/20/WhatIsPodcasting.html