Transcript Web 2.0
BUAD 477 Chapter One By Jon Shellem, Tom Walsh and Mark Pecorella Evolution of Corporate Communications Communicating to employees can be hard, sometimes impossible An example of ineffective communication is email it was the biggest corporate communication tool used, until users just stopped reading them. RSS might be the “new” e-mail Pod casting and vod casting also are viable options for corporate communications There is no perfect solution when it comes to corporate communications, because there is always an employee who just wont care, but with the constant change of technology maybe one day no one will be able to say "but nobody told me." Web 2.0 • Origins of the word: Web 2.0 • • “Web 2.0 Conference” October 2004 Dale Dougherty & O’Reilly Media • • • Web was in a “renaissance” End of the “software adoption” cycle Comparison with Web 1.0 • • • • “Architecture of Participation” vs. Static HTML pages Blogging vs. Personal websites Cost per click vs. page views Wikis vs. Content management systems Present-Day Web Publishing Web 2.0 created to increase ordinary users ability to publish from home with ease Factors hindering home-publishing • Lack of Knowledge • Security Issues • Fees & Charges • Social Impact • • • • • Tightly-woven social fabric among • • Individuals Online communities “Blogosphere” – weblogs “Syndisphere” – syndication feeds “wikisphere” - wikis Business Impact Scripting skills in HTML Schools teach “commercial office software” • Public website over home computer ISP limitations: IP / DNS connections Web space Bandwidth / Naming Security Date backup / recovery Commercial Pressure “Software adoption” cycle Benefit to ‘Software Industry’ Convince consumers raw HTML text is too complicated for everyday use Graphic over text-based Moore’s Law Lives! Number of transistors per square inch on an integrated circuit doubles every year to two years Asserted by Gordon Moore in April 1965 in Electronics Magazine Speculation states that the Law may be invalid •Chips reaching physical limits •Users reaching limits Innovation may maintain Moore’s Law •3D chip architecture •Alternate materials (carbon nanotubes)