What is Web 2.0?
Is it a hype? Yes.
Is it something real? Yes, also.
Is it good? No.
Is it bad? No.
Is it neutral? No!
What is it then? It is a metaphor.
Metaphors are funny things. They elude questions of truth and reality, and at the same time they produce truths and realities. They produce meanings and qualifications, frames of thought and action. They show things and aspects, and they hide other things. They compress and they decompress.
Especially when it comes to digital code they are extremely useful.
What's more, they are indispensable here. Read more… »
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