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Feed back from the democracy walls during the conference
Here you can find the summary of the feed back, comments and suggestion we collected from the democracy walls during the Web2forDev conference.
- J’ai senti… I felt… Me siento…
- J’ai appris… I learned… He aprendido…
- J’ai remarqué… I noticed… He notando…
- J’ai decouvert… I discovered… He decubierto…
- J’aimerais suggerer… I would like to suggest… Quisiera sugerir…
The reactions on the Web2forDev Taster Day are available on the conference blog: http://blog.web2fordev.net/2007/09/25/first-feedback-from-the-pre-conference-web20tasterday/
The two hands of web2fordev
Conference Schedule & Notes
Conference schedule with notes taken during conference sessions (includes Web 2.0 Taster Day).
- Go to the Conference Schedule
Remember that the same schedule can be found on the main conference site http://www.web2fordev.net where the most up-to-date version is always available.
Web2fordev Conference Videos
See the section Videos for the video recordings from the 2007 Web2forDev conference.
Participants' Space
Use this space to take your notes, create your profile to be easily found by others, etc.
- Go to the Participants' Space
Additional Resources
- Find and post additional resources on topics and tools addressed during the conference, go to Additional resources and add what you have found useful
Web2forDev definition
Definition – web 2.0 & web2fordev
Web 2.0 is a way of employing web services, in order to improve information sharing and collaborative production of content. Web 2.0 is based on user centered applications that promote communication, user empowerment, and social networking.
Web 2.0 for development [web2fordev] focuses specifically on how to use the participatory approach in managing relationships and organize networking strategies among stakeholders working for development. In this context stakeholders at different levels can easily relate with other stakeholders, having access to information, producing, publishing own content and redistributing “pieces of content” released by others.
Usability
Usability describes the handiness of use an application. Since Web 2.0 is a way of integrating different services, it might lead to a large variety of interfaces, which could confuse the user.
Accessibility
Accessibility In order to be a tool for development, Web 2.0 services must guarantee accessibility (i.e. being accessible by as many people as possible). The question of accessibility is related to:
- open source (deploying web applications with open code and general public license GPL);
- open standards (i.e. a document is readable and/or editable independently from the software that produced the document; a web page is readable and editable independently from the browser which display it).
Publishers could (and should) invest resources to customize user interface, in order to improve usability, and improve skills on how to manage and organize content, in order to make it accessible on their Web site, reachable by computer engines, referenced and linked by other web sites.
Open source and open standards
Open source and open standards With open source and open standards users are enabled to play around both on content and how it is managed and organized. The user does not necessarily have to be an expert or a software developer.
Instead of hardcore technological skills, “playing around” and “how to learn to play around” are concepts that are coming to the fore. If something is not working or does not meet the requested standard, the user is always free to change the application. Development of application and technology skills are no more a pivotal threshold.
Open source solutions can also foster self-entrepreneurships and spin-off processes, for example deploying add-on extensions and features, customizing interface or improve usability.
The use of open standards is as well a [[strategic issue]]: a large quantity of Web 2.0 application encode high added value feature for free. Even small solution can be built and empowered from scratch with extreme innovative solutions at no cost, to bridge information and to manage content. Web 2.0 services based on open source and open standards guarantee a high grade of [[scalable solutions]]. Therefore large projects as well as small size tailored solutions for development can be supported.
The supporting community for some applications includes hundreds of thousands of members. Generally the community itself provides free support and know-how, helps to customize and to develop new applications, delivers new features. The community can indeed ease the maintenance of the service in a long term; hence can be significant for the [[sustainability]] of development projects.
Choice of Applications
Web 2.0 applications provide a wide range of services. They integrate, combine, aggregate, generate, moderate and mediate content. Data and/or functionality from more than one Web source can be combined in another application, technically called mash up. The proper choice of Web 2.0 services depends how the relations among the stakeholders want to be organized; on the type of interactions that the users would like or would be allowed to do. Generally speaking, a proper use of Web 2.0 application is reflecting the network and its organizational level.
Comments & Suggestions
- Share your opinions and suggestions related to the conference on conference blog
News & Announcements
- For last news and announcements about the conference follow conference website
Using this Wiki
If you want to write on this wiki:
- Go to the [Create a new log-in] page and create your new acount in few seconds.
- Click on the Edit tab on top of the page you wish to edit and insert your text ->
- Go to Help (also in left hand navigation menu) for tips on formatting, taxonomy, page editing etc.
- Download and read the guide for using Web2forDew wiki (also included on the conference CD)
