A Preview of Things to Come

(this post was written by Kyle on August 3, 2006, and it concerns & )

I wrote a post last week about what I do for a living. In it, I mentioned that I am responsible for developing a new “Web 2.0″ website for my employer, but I didn’t explain what that means. And I’m not going to explain it in this post either.

But what I am going to do is tell you that no one knows what it means. Some people consider that to be a flaw in the concept. Personally, I think it is one of its strengths. Because it means that whenever someone uses the term “Web 2.0,” the listener/reader has the responsibility to ask, “Excuse me, but what does Web 2.0 mean to you?”

And that is when the conversation really begins.

At some point next week, after I return to Vermont and am able to sit down and put my thoughts together in the comfort of my own home, I’ll tell you what Web 2.0 means to me. But until then, you can scan through 500 explanations of Web 2.0, as compiled in a survey by , the company that is behind some of the most successful “Web 2.0″ applications on the web.

As for what I think, I’ll give you a little preview of next week’s post. My summary is included in the 500. Guess which one.