This short video highlighting the rise of Web 2.0 and its social and cultural implications was produced in March 2007 -- light years ago considering the rapid pace of technology development. So I'm pretty surprised by its freshness. The presentation of ideas was unique; the author employed blogs, wikis, video and photo sharing sites, RSS feeds, etc., to present information about blogs, wikis, video and photo sharing sites, RSS feeds, etc. This media is enabling anyone to produce and edit information, create videos, share photos, broadcast news, and the list goes on and on.
Wait...anyone?
Yep. Anyone. So that's where it gets crazy.
It reminds me of when I was 12 and AOL was my drug. Hey, this guy wants to chat with me. He's 14 and from Boston. Awesome. Except he's probably 50 and in his mom's basement. That potential for nefariousness still exists, but now the lack of gatekeeping and fact checking poses trouble on a much larger scale. Who's credible? Who are the experts? In a race to break the story first, who even has the time to check?
What are we really teaching the machine? I hope it's not paying close attention to me because I rarely organize my web life. Tagging takes forever. My inbox has thousands of emails and no rules or filters. Ah, a story for another time.
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