Web 2.0

After watching the Web 2.0 video I am still a little confused about the idea. Unlike most people in my generation I am not the biggest fan of the computer. I do use it everyday of my life and know how to use it functionally. However, I am still pretty traditonal in my ways of giving information on myself, gaining information, and even paying bills and what not. I think the title of Web 2.0 pretty much just represents that the Web has been updated to another level. It is a level that we all have access to. Not only do we have access to read the information but we also have the abiltiy to post information. XML has given people like me who are not computer savy the abiltity to use the web in many ways. Web 2.0 can help or hurt a person entering the work force. It does expose your personal information for all to see. However, it also gives you a chance to publicize yourself to any potential employers. The video said that we will have to rethink everything. By this it means that everytime you get information from the web you have to make sure it is credible. It also means that if you were an employer you wound want to make sure the facts someone gives online of themselves is true. As a user of the web you would also want to make sure that you keep your life personal because if you give it any room to be exposed it will be. The main thing I think Web 2.0 means for a person is that if you are not computer savy currently then you will be left behind in this decade because everything in this age of time is web based.