Martin Ruskov
     TOSMI 2009
Media for the Web
   August, 10-16
Web 1.o vs Web 2.o

                   DoubleClick     Google AdSense
                           Ofoto   Flickr
                         Akamai    BitTorrent
                      mp3.com      Napster
             Britannica Online     Wikipedia
            personal websites      blogging
                           evite   upcoming.org and EVDB
    domain name speculation        search engine optimization
                   page views      cost per click
              screen scraping      web services
                     publishing    participation
content management systems         wikis
       directories (taxonomy)      tagging ("folksonomy")
                      stickiness   syndication

                                       Tim O'Reilly, What Is Web 2.o, 2005
Microcontent
          and Social Media
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    “Technology becomes more transparent;
    attention is focused on content”

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    “Organized around people rather than
    traditional computer hierarchies of directory
    trees”

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    “Web 2.o tools are built to combine
    microcontent from different users with shared
    interest”

         Alexander&Levine, Web 2.o Storytelling: Emergence of a New Genre, 2008
Evolutionary Change

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    Internet is about
            networked information



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    Web 2.o is about
           networked people
Elements of Web 2.o

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    Dynamic content, focused on
    user experience

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    Open standards allow connectivity
    and reusability

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    Users generate content and
    semantics
The Experience
User Experience

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    Is my site user-friendly?

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    Can I find information in it easily?

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    Does it motivate people to explore it?
User Experience
User Experience
User Experience
User Experience




  http://dontclick.it
Carousel




http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/11/19/flex-
Native Interfaces




http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?bo

http://www.quietlyscheming.com/blog/compon
Interactive Diagrams



http://simile.mit.edu


http://birdeye.googlecode.com


http://www.quietlyscheming.com/blog/charts/i
Virtual Worlds




http://taggalaxy.de/
Mobile Internet

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    Is your site accessible from a mobile
    phone?


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    What kind of handhelds does it
    support?


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    Is it convenient to use?
The Humanware
User-Generated Content

Before               Now
Collaborative Authoring




http://docs.google.com


http://buzzword.acrobat.com
Social Networking

Social               Artificial
 Intelligence         Intelligence



http://last.fm       http://pandora.com



http://colourlovers.com
                      http://colorblender.com
Online Communication


http://meebo.com



http://flashmeeting.open.ac.uk


http://live.yahoo.com
Content

Authors                User

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    Text               ●
                           Comments

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    Audio/visual       ●
                           Tags and
    content                categories

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    Multimedia         ●
                           Voting and
                           ranking
Free Distribution

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    Word-of-Mouth marketing

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    Involves external authors and
    promotes innovation

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    Product development
    starts with release, not finishes
Why Own Site

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    Establishment of online brands

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    Preservation of product
    rights ownership

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    Escape from site provider restrictions

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    Delivery of unique services
Online Site Creation




http://sites.google.com

http://profx.us
Open Source

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    Light-weight and
    widely available applications

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    Can be freely used and modified

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    Includes functionality, necessary for
    average everyday use
The Standards
Multi-Layer Architecture
Web Services

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    Access to content via
    web requests or programming
    interface (API)

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    Sites provide documentation for the
    services they provide

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    Allows integration of independent
    information systems
Rich Internet Applications

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    Full desktop functionality within a
    browser

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    Multi-platform and browser-
    independent

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    Outstanding internet security
SplashUp




http://splashup.com/splashup
Online Video Editing




http://techloop.blogspot.com/2007/08/5-free-online-vid
Open Screen

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    RIA-access for mobile and
    entertainment devices

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    Hardware-independent content delivery

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    Internet beyond screen, keyboard and
    mouse

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