Web 2.0

What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 has become a very collective term, and since it was first talked about by Tom O'Reilly has moved to take upon different meanings depending on who you speak to.

One thing which is agreed upon throughout it is the fact that it is now and it is a 'new' world wide web. Which is a new web were end-users now interact alot more with the websites. On a developers side it see's web sites acting more like applications and engaging and users rather than static pages of content, blandfully reading out line after line after line.

Examples of Web 2.0

Wikipedia, digg, Technorati, Flickr and Frappr are the most common and well known examples of Web 2.0

Interactive Design

Interactive Design

Interactive Design starts by creating an understanding of who / what you are designing for. This is often done by creating persona's and then researching that persona.

• What they like
• What the do
• Why the do something
• What makes that persona like something.
• How they feel after using something

This gives the design a firm understanding of who or what they are designing for to ensure that the Design is successful and provides the user with the best possible experience.

Examples:

Ipods, Mobile Phones and G.P.S are all great examples of interactive design, these products must interact with the use in a positive and successful manner otherwise they become redundant.

Information/Instructional design

Information Design

Information Design is the organisation of data from a complex entity to something that is clear and concise. There a considered to be 5 ways in which you can organise an entity in order to make it clearer.

L ocation
A lphabet
T ime
C ategory
H ierachy

Examples:

UWS Library Website which uses Alphabet, Category and Heirachy to filter and orgranise its data from e-journals to books.

Amazon which uses Category and Alphabet

Google Earth which uses Location.

Ebay which uses Category, Time and Alphabet.