What is web 2.0?

500 random people define Web 2.0

37 Signals has surveys where they ask their basecamp users to help guide product development, but recently they had a little fun to ask: What does web 2.0 mean to you?

They've posted 500 random answers.

Here are of the responses that kinda resemble my understanding of Web 2.0:

#164. An overhyped term that means some component of AJAX or social software

#89. easy sharing of data between web applications I think?

#421. Web apps that behave almost like desktop apps

One of the more controversial Web 2.0 definitions:

#121: It means rounded corners, gradients, DHH, 37s, beta, and no clear revenue plan

Posted by Jeffrey Hicks at 04:24 PM  Permalink

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