Thing 2 - What is Web 2.0?

The readings took hours (again, who took my glasses?), but what I learned was that Web 2.0 is just a name given to the web now (really since 2006 which is 1,000,000 years in web years), to indicate that it differs from Web 1.0 where only the Department of Defense and a bunch of freeneters had email and engineers, pioneering Nerds, and MLIS students (some crossover), wrote web pages in HTML.
Now anyone can have a MySpace page, blog (I’m proof), twitter, post to YouTube, comment on anything. You don’t need to understand the structure of how it works, you just have to figure out how to set it up. And when it crashes, because you’re visiting too many porno and illegal download sites, your elderly father (the last living programmer), will patiently wipe your “hard drive” (See: Wikipedia), and re-install the 650 programs…
Library 2.0 is about providing access to Web 2.0. When libraries realized that they had provided access to L2, they thought they probably should have some staff on hand who’d ever heard of it, and they hired a bunch of young Librarians who they hoped knew enough to provide training to patrons. (L2 is just a part of what libraries do. More to follow later, no doubt.)
Interesting Fact: “Early adopters of the automobile had to understand in finite detail the workings of their machines, as Sears (Roebuck & Co. ) had no service centers and was still selling mules for transportation purposes.” (Wikipedia : History of the Automobile)
What are you looking forward to in 23 Things @ NEFLIN?
I’m 68 years old and sill working the circulation desk at a busy, urban PL in a large metropolis (more to follow). What am I looking forward to in 23 Things @ NEFLIN? I need a MySpace page. I’m hoping to make a “love connection.” Don’t judge me.
Your friend ferd