Dion Hinchcliff (web2.0 blog): 10 Ways to Take Advantage of Web 2.0

John Blyberg (blyberg.net): Taking Advantage of Web and Library 2.0

John Blyber (blyberg.net): 11 Reasons Why Library 2.0 Exists and Matters

The Web 2.0 experts then talk it over and re-group in a follow-up discussion.

Her observation on the role of community and open APIs to Web 2.0:
҉ۢ Most successful Web 2.0 endeavors are focused on community in some way
• Whether it’s mapping available housing from Craigslist on your local Google Maps area, or browsing Flickr photos by the color wheel, or getting people together to talk about their dreams
• The focus on community, or servicing the community, is part of the ‘authenticity’”

҉ۢ APIs make closed web sites and services open and usable from remote web sites or software
• eBay, Amazon, Google Maps, etc., all have great open APIs—and they’re free
• Letting go of your data lets “a thousand flowers bloom”
• Your users can do things you would never have the time or resources (or idea) to do
• It creates some of that “authenticity” for your company and creates community, too”