Week 10 - Web 2.0

By: Daniel F. Pigatto on Flikr (24/12/2006) Some rights reserved.

After finishing Production Project A, an assessment filled 'holidays' and being sick i am now back, fully concentrating on Networked Media Production. Unfortunately because i was sick i was unable to make it to Week 10's Lecture and Tutorial, but i read the notes that Nathan posted about Web 2.0. and social media. Web 2.0 is considered to be the next generation of the world wide web, with several web communities and social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, Bebo etc.), Blogs (Blogger, Tumblr etc.) and video sharing (YouTube, Blip TV). This next generation increases the amount of elements of interaction on websites and although previous to Web 2.0, the Internet had achieved huge change in the world and it's conception revolutionised technology, Web 2.0 is taking that next step up to alter the way people interact with one another.

One of the more interesting points i found in the articles Nathan posted was the fact that the introduction of I-Tunes has changed the way people purchase music. Besides the fact that music can be purchased without leaving the house or accumulating heavy CD's, the option of purchasing individual songs instead of a whole album has yet again increased popularity of the idea of 'singles'. Also, the low cost of 99cents (US dollars) attracts consumers. Although it's obvious that the Internet does not just effect I.T., I felt that was a perfect example of how Web 2.0 is changing other industries.

By: Bull3t on Flikr (2/08/2007) Some rights reserved.

I haven't given much thought to Production Project B as yet because I'm a tad weighed down with other assessments, but i think i'll explore the 'Geo-narrative' option a bit more. This week I came across two very different YouTube videos on that i felt were post-worthy. The first is a really funny scene from this years Celebrity Apprentice (airing in the U.S.) I won't ruin it too much, but basically it's showing Joan and Mellissa Rivers' reaction to Mellissa being 'fired'. It's worth watching the WHOLE 3 minutes and 55 seconds:

Naturally 7 are an American singing group who perform their own complete sound (vocals and percussion) Although they started off as a viral video a few years ago, they're quite well known in the U.S. and Europe these days: