Final Web 2.0 Assignment

Create a wiki report in business format which answers the questions outlined in the next 3 sections. Be sure to include a full interactive sources cited:

Part 1 - Where we are and why - Web 2.0 Expo (May 2010)

From the conference: http://www.web2expo.com/webexsf2010/public/content/news-coverage

Watch the following videos:

Tim O’Reilly - State of the Internet Operating System:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAau6W--iMo&feature=player_embedded#!

Danny Sullivan, - "The Search Platform: Friend Or Vampire?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmbnwAqh6qI&feature=related

Choose to watch at least one other video of interest from this conference (they are all listed on the right side of the screen when viewing the State of the Internet Operating System video).

Answer the following in your report part 1:
1. According to O’Reilly - What is “the Internet Operating System”?
2. How does this operating system outlined by O’Reilly differ from the current?
3. What is your opinion of Google - Friend or Vampire? If a friend, why do you think so. If a vampire, what can they do to be less scary?
4. Are there other businesses that we should be concerned about? Why, explain your answer?
5. Who do you think is the business that will lead the way in the next evolution of Web 2.0? Why, explain your answer?
6. Comment on what you learned from the third video you watched. Write at least one paragraph about the video
7. What do you think the motto “Create more value than you capture” means? Why is it applicable to Web 2.0 today?

Part 2 - Where are we going and Ideas for the Future
Watch the following 2010 Web 2.0 Conference LaunchPad presentations. These presentations are picked from a number of entries for presentation to the Web 2.0 annual conference.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrkB8HCp61g

and perform any other research you feel necessary to answer the following in your report part 2:
After viewing each of the 6 new ideas outlined in the 2010 Web 2.0 Launchpad give:
1. a brief description of each idea
2. outline which of the 6 ideas you feel has the highest probability of success and why you feel it will be successful.
3. what directions do you think are coming or what ideas do you have to extend Web 2.0 into the future

Part 3 - Applications GDCI and in business
Answer the following in your report part 3:
1. What are your feelings towards Web 2.0 technologies being used at GDCI as it now stands?
2. Where can GDCI go with the use of Web 2.0 technologies in the future?
3. Where can businesses go with the use of Web 2.0 technologies in the future?

This assignment is worth 10% of your final mark.
The digital portfolio assignment is worth 5% of your final mark.
The final exam is worth 15% of your final mark.


Here is my final report:
https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1H3QEj3OwDOwi3NmHL3rotJ5HqeC5m0pca3VEnONoybo&hl=en#