Saturday, November 8, 2008

Week 10- Web 2.0 (Five characteristics)

Dynamic Content
An example of dynamic content is flicker. This is a site that bring together to different medias like photos and maps and makes them one, an example of Mashups. Dynamic content also includes RSS feeds, and helpful site that are viewable on multiple platforms.
User Contribution
The example I choose to use for this characteristic is Yahoo answers. This page can be accessed by yahoo account holders and is a portal to any questions you have. There are conversations about rating books, movies, places to eat or were to by the best cough medicine. To make sure you are getting the correct answers or review other members to the page give the responses a ranking, and the best answer is highlighted so you can find the right answer quickly. This relates to user contribution because it is a bunch of people commenting on what they have read, experienced, and found and share it with others.
Social Media
The example I choose to use for this characteristic is Netlog. Netlog is a site much like myspace or Facebook. You can create an account and fill it with personal information. From there you are free to check out other profiles of your friends and the other thousand users. It is a good way to find friends or connect with new ones. Membership is free and gets recommended to all your friends when you sign up. You can add music, events, blogs, and any links you want on the page. It is a social network that works for many who feel that one social network is just not enough or even for those who just want something different.
Online Applications
The example I choose to use for this characteristic is Scotia Bank online applications. This online tool has been coming out more and more over the years. Online banking is a tool many use to access their accounts, pay bills, and check their balances. This site allows you to cruse between Personal Banking, Investment Services, Brokerage Services, Personal Credit, and Insurance. All these services use to be something you could only do at the teller. This is a perfect example to how technology has been able to further our everyday tasks. A down side to this online application can be a slow computer, not having one at all or maybe experiencing a crash. This would cause the benefits of online banking to no longer be benefits.
Harnessing collective intelligence
This characteristic is using people’s common thoughts and putting it to use in sites, for songs, photos etc. It includes Tagging which is also known as Folksmonies that are created by viewers. They visit the site and create tags which help expand the amount of ways to access their site.

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