Web 1.0 and Web 2.0

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 James
Governor provides his thoughts on the
never-ending
discussion around the
definition of Web 2.0.

Following
James' format, here are the differentiating characteristics between the Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 concepts as I see them:

web 1.0 - centralized

web 2.0 - distributed

web 1.0 - individual

web 2.0 - social, memetic

web 1.0 - content

web 2.0 - services and APIs

web 1.0 - readable

web 2.0 - writeable

web 1.0 - transmission

web 2.0 - syndication

web 1.0 - deliberate

web 2.0 - spontaneous, emerging

web 1.0 - static

web 2.0 - connected, dynamic

web 1.0 - rigid

web 2.0 - loosely couple