Rewire the web. OSQA | The Open Source Q&A System. Bellicose Beliefs: Multiuser Chatroom with App Engine Channel API. A List Apart. Novövision. Web Squared: Web 2.0 Five Years On: Web 2.0 Summit 2009 - Co-pro. Five years ago, we launched a conference based on a simple idea, and that idea grew into a movement. The original Web 2.0 Conference (now the Web 2.0 Summit ) was designed to restore confidence in an industry that had lost its way after the dotcom bust. The Web was far from done, we argued. In fact, it was on its way to becoming a robust platform for a culture-changing generation of computer applications and services. In our first program, we asked why some companies survived the dotcom bust, while others had failed so miserably. We also studied a burgeoning group of startups and asked why they were growing so quickly.
The answers helped us understand the rules of business on this new platform. From Google and Amazon to Wikipedia, eBay, and craigslist, we saw that the value was facilitated by the software, but was co-created by and for the community of connected users. Ever since we first introduced the term "Web 2.0," people have been asking, "What’s next? " It is all of those, and more. Social Media Revolution 2 (Refresh)