To a lot of people Web 2.0 might just suggest a new version of the World Wide Web, but to me it refers to changes in the way software developers and end-users use the web as a platform. It is nothing but a two-way communication between the users using the web as a platform. We can call it as exchange of information and network among the web users through some web based communities. Read more…

During the early years of Web, it was all about feeding content and syndicating content. But today, instead of applications being fixed in a single URL or in your desktop, they live in a cloud, are portable and embeddable. People are actually taking this a step further, putting things on top of each other, inside each other, etc. Given this, there are many roles you can play in this new ecosystem.
This is one of the reasons that widgets are so important. Users can now receive information on a need-to-know basis in spoonfuls from various sources, which forces the sources to think collectively. Read more…