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POPSWeb 2.0: Opening up, or dumbing down? The aggregated "wisdom of the crowd," epitomized by Google and Wikipedia, is rife with opinion, misinformation, and lies because Web 2.0 creates an "environment where anyone can say anything," Keen argued. And that's "a bad thing for the cultural producers, the creative class,"
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POPSWe're the Web: watch this and think "library 2.0" Do you participate in the library of the next era? No... there's no option like that. We must take part in the world, whatever you concern about the domination. From the starting point, the thing is, how you participate in that. Otherwise you'd be expected to drop out of even the world itself.
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POPSGetting coffee at A.placebetween.us This is brilliant. I can't tell you how many times I've bounced between google maps, citysearch, and menupages trying find something convenient to both me and the person I was meeting.
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POPSDoes Clipmarks Have What It Takes for the New Web? I hope all clipmarkers will watch this video with the intention of us incorporating as many of the ideas into this community. I believe we truly have a unique opportunity to pave the way for a better world & be a paradigm for the Web 2.0 community. One final quote... "While at first glance this book appears aimed at the business sector, the key messages and principles it explores make it a "must read" for anyone in the education sector who has the slightest interest in understanding the environment that our schools are now operating in - and perhaps to understand why for many of our young people they simply aren't working any more!"
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POPSCopyright and web2.0 "It needs to be clear, transparent and fair. It is not about acknowledging that people have done something original and can benefit from copyright protection, but it establishes fair terms, for example, that by joining up to the university network the person accepts that their material can be freely used and shared." in the web2.0 era the concept of ownership and propriety usage of content is evolving.