I have no idea why, but the phrase “web 2.0″ has been receiving some negative attention towards it. Perhaps it is the idea of the cheezy gradients and thick striped backgrounds that are causing this to happen. Perhaps something else. To me, web 2.0 has always been an idea that is astounding and amazing in its goals and ideas.

To clarify, I have always loved that Web 2.0 revolves around:

1. Design - If it were not for web 2.0, I would not have so many clients requesting redesigns. Web 2.0 style allows me to touch up corporate sites, make them look clean, beautiful, and most of all attractive.
2. Usability - What good is an application or website when it doesn’t have any rich content? Web 2.0 turns around and adds this to its list of goals to make the end user not only attracted to the site because of a fantastic design, but also because they can actually get something out of it. Make sense?
3. Standards - As a coder, I sometime hate the strict standards mostly due to the fact that IE and Firefox don’t get along too well most of the time. Standards however, help everything be organized and efficient.
4. Sharing - That’s right. It’s all about sharing. Blogs, videos, podcasts, wikis, and RSS are all about sharing data and interacting with each other. You can even see it in action here where Askllora.com is a product of this great interactivity maze.
5. .COM Giants – Put all the above points together and you get some great results: Youtube, eBay, Wordpress, Blogger, Technorati, Engadget, and of course Askllora!

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