Jeffrey Zeldman just wrote a fantastic piece on this “web 2.0” stuff over at A List Apart.
Many people have tried to define “web 2.0” as social networking, or technology-infused user experiences, or whatever, but to me, “web 2.0” is this:
While the dotcommers were making really cool stuff in the late 90s, younger people like me (middle school, high school) were idolizing them and aspiring to run dotcom companies once we got a bit older. Now that we are older (19-25 or so), and have witnessed the demise of the dotcom era, we’ve vowed to make even better dotcom companies that kick way more ass than our idols ever kicked.