There is something about Web 2.0 logos that we like, their differ considerably from the more traditional corporate logo’s of the high street or corporate world.
Those nice people at SimpleSpark have made a video detailing 5000 Web 2.0 logos in 5 minutes. Of note is how many we recognise despite the speed of the movie:
It is also well worth looking at the collage of logos created by Ludwig Gatzke, they make a great print out and under Creative Commons license should be in the book…
If you would like to create your own Web 2.0 style logo, take a look at Hongkiat.com
Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University has created a interesting video exploring the changes in the way we find, store, create, critique, and share information.
The video was created as a conversation starter, and Michael notes, works especially well when brainstorming with people about the near future and the skills needed in order to harness, evaluate, and create information effectively:
In the last 18 months things have got simpler – from creating maps to modelling the city, tools are emerging that are making the task easier. This is not to say that the problem is any less complex, it is just that software is reaching out to the masses and with it comes ease of use.
Large software companies with their bloated applications are increasingly being caught out by small, task specific applications, that simply get things done. Our Google Map Creator, Image Cutter and PhotoOverlay Creator for example are mainly ‘Open and Save’ applications.
Simple services or ‘Open and Save’ applications are typical of Web 2.0. Some professionals and educators may bulk at the ability to create maps or digital cities with a few clicks of the mouse but we tend to think its a good thing…
Two posts on Web 2.0 in as many hours – we are on writing the book introduction and thus trawling around for information.
Oscar Retterer, Director of Instructional & Emerging Technologies at Franklin & Marshall College has uploaded to YouTube his thoughts on what Web 2.0 is all about:
Web 2.0 is about social input, information upload and interaction – Web 3.0 is somewhere we don’t want to go to quite yet but combine Web 2.0 with ‘The Cloud’ and we think your almost there..
More Web 2.0 type posts or thoughts are quite possible over the coming hours/days…. we should also have an updated Crysis and ‘Importing Architecture’ movie which is looking promising.
Two posts on Web 2.0 in as many hours – we are on writing the book introduction and thus trawling around for information.
Oscar Retterer, Director of Instructional & Emerging Technologies at Franklin & Marshall College has uploaded to YouTube his thoughts on what Web 2.0 is all about:
Web 2.0 is about social input, information upload and interaction – Web 3.0 is somewhere we don’t want to go to quite yet but combine Web 2.0 with ‘The Cloud’ and we think your almost there..
More Web 2.0 type posts or thoughts are quite possible over the coming hours/days…. we should also have an updated Crysis and ‘Importing Architecture’ movie which is looking promising.
