1. Digital Present - Digital Futures: Social Computing and Web 2.0 (23) “ We've got to get back to the future, Marty.” Slot 6 Tutor: Dr Adam Prugel-Bennett (APB) Tom Russell, Eyo Ndem, Chris Saunders and Joe Saunders

2. Web 2.0 Describes the modern implementation of the internet, which focuses more on interactively using existing or user-developed content instead of simply storing and displaying information.

3. Social Computing is Changing the World 'Superpoke' – a facebook application which adds functionality to the traditional poke feature by allowing users to smile, wink, smack and slap (as well as throw virtual sheep) at their friends. Is this supposed to be the future of computing?

4. Prblog.typepad.com Social Computing is Changing the World

5. ...Or are they? For these tools to really be the future of the web requires a degree of expandability. The technologies behind them must be sound, robust structures that can be utilised in myriad ways if social web is truly to be called “the Future.”

6. Rich Internet Application RIA This is a web application which gives the user features and functions normally associated with desktop applications. This includes visually engaging websites such as: http://www.philips.co.uk/

9. Riastats.com

10. WOA 101(0) Web Oriented Architecture is not very well defined, but is central to the Web 2.0 mindset. Based on the Service Oriented Architecture, which is a set of principles for designing and developing software to perform services. More specific than SOA

11. Definition of WOA “ A succinct, direct and complete explanation of WOA is lacking”. Every resource on the network has a unique address known as a URI. It is the responsibility of the components to understand the resources they manipulate. Resources are manipulated by HTTP verbs, like GET, POST, BREW etc., using REST architecture.

12. Time for a REST Representational State Transfer. The style of software architecture used for the World Wide Web. Five constraints: Client-server, stateless, cacheable, layered, and uniform interface. As long as an architecture conforms to these constraints, it is RESTful. This style is extremely common.

13. Why WOA is central to Web 2.0 WOA ensures that applications promote reusability, using general architectures, and neutrality. WOA greatly benefits identification and manipulation of resources. WOA lets developers re-use code.

15. Modern-day socialising

19. The growth of the Social web The growth of the online encyclopaedia “wikipeida.org” [1] (Chi and E.H, 2008)

21. Social Computing is Changing the World The 'It Gets Better' initiative certainly made a difference to people's lives.

22. Social Computing is Changing the World And there are plenty of other applications being developed that really can make a difference to our lives. 'Zimride' is a carpool scheme which, according to the company, has enabled 300,000 worldwide users to carpool with people that they otherwise would never have met. An environmentally friendly, world changing use of social computing, what could be better? Zimride.com

23. Web 2.0 is Changing the World And Web 2.0 is helping too! NetSquared.org, was launched and equipped with as much Web 2.0 technology as possible: blogs, online communities, RSS feeds etc. It claims to have distributed computer material to more than 50,000 non-profit companies, reportedly saving the sector $400 million (around £260 million) “ Information technology is moving away from what non-profits have the least of – money – and toward what we have the most of – people and community.” NetSquared founder Daniel Ben-Horin TechSoup Global

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