Web 2.0...The Machine is Us/ing Us.

Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us In the last century somebody other than former VP Al Gore took the “initiative” to start the Internet. What started out as man directing the machine has become something else. Who is using who? 100 billion uses a day. The machine is us. The machine is using us. Let’s understand the web in 5 minutes.  2009 Caldwell Consulting, Ltd., All rights reserved. www.dougcaldwell.net, 214.641.4084.

Is anyone watching all this stuff?  2009 Caldwell Consulting, Ltd., All rights reserved. www.dougcaldwell.net, 214.641.4084. Worldwide Growth among Selected Social Networking Sites June 2008 vs. June 2007 Total Worldwide Audience, Age 15+ Home and Work Locations Source: comScore World Metrix Total Unique Visitors (000) Jun-2007 Jun-2008 % Change Total Internet : Total Audience 778,310 860,514 11% Social Networking 464,437 580,510 25% FACEBOOK.COM 52,167 132,105 153% MYSPACE.COM 114,147 117,582 3% HI5.COM 28,174 56,367 100% FRIENDSTER.COM 24,675 37,080 50% Orkut 24,120 34,028 41% BEBO.COM 18,200 24,017 32% Skyrock Network 17,638 21,041 19%

A few details about one site  2009 Caldwell Consulting, Ltd., All rights reserved. www.dougcaldwell.net, 214.641.4084. Worldwide Growth for Facebook.com June 2008 vs. June 2007 Total Worldwide Audience, Age 15+ Home and Work Locations Source: comScore World Metrix Total Unique Visitors (000) Jun-2007 Jun-2008 % Change FACEBOOK.COM 52,167 132,105 153% North America 35,698 49,248 38% Europe 8,751 35,263 303% Asia Pacific 3,712 20,712 458% Middle East - Africa 2,974 14,951 403% Latin America 1,033 11,931 1055%

What are we to become?  2009 Caldwell Consulting, Ltd., All rights reserved. www.dougcaldwell.net, 214.641.4084. Your website blog LinkedIn Google calendar PowerPoint on net Audio email Video email Internet group

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Social Networking Sites  2009 Caldwell Consulting, Ltd., All rights reserved. www.dougcaldwell.net, 214.641.4084. del.icio.us social bookmarking del.icio.us is a social bookmarking website -- the primary use of del.icio.us is to store your bookmarks online, which allows you to access the same bookmarks from any computer and add bookmarks from anywhere, too.

Wiki’s  2009 Caldwell Consulting, Ltd., All rights reserved. www.dougcaldwell.net, 214.641.4084. Wiki Wiki sign at Honolulu Int’l Airport Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser.