Week 10: Web 2.0 Characteristics

1) Dynamic content:
Aggregator- FeedBucket ( www.feedbucket.com/)
Is a way to view RSS feeds. You must be a registered user. You can store up to several RSS feeds.
This program can also generate JavaScript code-that can automatically update headlines to your own blog or website.

2)User contribution: Crackle (www.crackle.com)
This site features user generated value. It allows you to rate videos and leave comments about them. You can create a play list of your favorite videos and share them with your friends . It also knows the most watched videos of the week and features them. This site lets the users decide which videos are the best and this lends a certain notoriety to the creators of the most popular videos.

3)Social Media: hi5 (http://hi5.com/)
This is the same concept as Facebook and Myspace. You register, then create a profile that expresses who you are, or who you want people to believe you are like! You can upload pictures, add friends, find friends, listen to music etc...

4)Online applications: Phixr (www.phixr.com)
Free online photo editor. Easy to use when you're on the go and when there is no photo editing system installed in the computer. No need for flash or java. This application lives entirely on your web browser!

5)Harnessing collective intelligence: YouTube (www.youtube.com)
Tagging.
Tagging makes it easier for people to find things, subjects that they are looking for. When we tag something we have uploaded to youtube we are making it available to a wider range of users. When other people who watch your movie on youtube tag it further more, because they think that it applies to what ever word they are tagging it with, they are making it even more available to the public. The more tags you have on a certain movie the more chances someone will type in that word!