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From the reading I have done, the way “Web 2.0″ is described is no different to the characteristics of the web  that I have personally valued since 1994 i.e. the power to connect people for communication, collaboration and sharing. The tools have evolved but the essence of it is the same. However, with the simpler, easier to use tools, so much more independence and power is in the hands of so many more users who need less and less to be geeks to participate. As the article below explores, Web 2.0 leaders have embraced the power of the web to harness collective intelligence.

What Is Web 2.0 - Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software is an article by Tim O’Reilly, apparently one of the original coiners of the term who seeks to explain all. It includes a diagram of the “Web 2.0 meme” and other interesting conceptual organisers.