Sunday, January 20, 2008

Web 2.0

This video was, in my opinion very artsy and creative. I think it was talking about technology and how it has changed our everyday lives. It was talking about "Web 2.0" which is just a term describing the way the web is being used by current generations. It is being used as a more creative way to express ourselves. The world is so small now relative to how it was before technology enabled humans to communicate faster than we've ever been able to. In terms of how "Web 2.0" will change my work experience, well, it will change a lot! For one, conferencing will no longer require traveling back and forth to get somewhere and talk to some people for 2 hours. When you want to communicate with someone 2000 miles away about whatever issue you have, it will be in the blink of an eye. You see that person face to face and be able to not only hear their voice, but observe their body language, their surroundings and other factors that would help you communicate more efficiently and accurately. People already in the workforce will be forced to adapt to the new technology and learn how to use it. Some people will find it hard and that might be the difference between them keeping their job or losing it. I do not know what it means when it says we'll have to rethink everything, i guess it means that with the new technology, there will be countless ways to do things that we used to do; therefore, we'll have to "rethink everything" in terms of how we do things!

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