What the hell is Web 2.0 anyway??
I can more easily define what Second Life is because it is a tangible platform with certain definitive attributes while web 2.0 is a memetic discourse that takes different forms depending on who you are speaking with.
I just read a great account of how Web 2.0 and Second Life fit in our world together (or separately depending on who you ask) by Tateru Nino. I agree with most of it. Here are some of my highlights although I urge you to read the whole thing.
- In reference to creation, "That ... spark leaks through the cracks and crevices of all our worlds, a relentlessly postmodern agglutination of the conscious and the subconscious; the life and the times.
- Working in space
- When you're in Second Life, you're in the world. This world
- ...it takes something like Second Life to lift you out of your chair and give you that crucial juxtaposition that makes you more than just a few words on a page.
The last point is amazing!
The idea that Second Life is more of an active medium than the Internet at large is truly profound.
People are still getting used to the fact that the interactive space is lifting people from their TV sofas while Tateru is one step ahead talking about how Second Life is bringing people out of the lurker mode of the 2d web.
Great Stuff!
Tags: Tateru Nino, Joseph Jaffe, Lurker Mode, Web 2.0, Second Life, Life after the 30 second spot, Active Media, Meme