Web 2.0 Marches On: New Media Enhances Web Site Features and Design
The evolution of the World Wide Web has been termed Web 2.0--a phrase to encompass the new social networking and self-publishing opportunities now available. One of the Internet's latest creations is in the world of individual video broadcasting. Web sites are springing up everywhere designed to entertain, inform, and fill up any extra amount of DSL bandwidth with grassroots video productions.
Vlogging: The Latest Self-Publishing Fad
Blogging and podcasting have spun off a new term and a new way to receive video in vlogging. Unlike the AOL dial-up days, people no longer sit watching a Web site load its navigation and design by percentage point increments. DSL and better connection speeds allow people to put up videos and other media on their Web sites and blogs. With social communities all the rage in Web 2.0, there are already vlogging communities like vidblogs.com and regular comedic vlogs like Rocketboom hosted by Amanda Congdon. Vlogs can range from random content at youtube.com to music videos at iTunes to a cat's crazy antics on MySpace.The MySpace Phenomena
Vlogging and Web 2.0 reveal new demands and expectations of Web users. MySpace, for example, allows users to create their own Web site design. A number of tools are available through which people can change the color, organization, and sounds of their page. Vlogging is also part of the action, and a number of people upload short videos of themselves to post on their account. Essentially, Web 2.0 allows anyone to become a Web designer.Online University Degree Builds Web Site Design Abilities
Of course, many of these home grown video blogs and Web pages can be very elementary, confusing, and sometimes impossible to read. This means that people with an online university degree in Web site design will still be very much in demand for people serious about their Web sites. Furthermore, online university degree-holders have only become more important as many companies and organizations are looking to create online presences. The university degree will help you be professional, and of course, it doesn't hurt to experiment on your own time too. Combining a technical knowledge with a love of new Internet technologies may position you for success in Web 2.0 or help you to develop a Web 3.0.Sources
About the Author
James Tolles is a freelance writer and holds two B.A. degrees, one in Creative Writing and the other in History.
