So, we all should now know Web 1.0 refers to the traditional Internet. The excitement that we (us old timers) all felt in listening to our phone dial up and connect (if we didn't receive a busy signal) to cyber space--the wow factor that took us from our traditional forms of communication to a much more modern form. We could now retrieve information from the world wide web. And talk to friends and family across the globe! I started college during this interesting time, and literally immersed myself into all that was "Web 1.0."
Then a few years ago, I started hearing the term "Web 2.0." I, in my totally 80's, War Games thinking figured it was a NEW web--a whole new connection. So, I did the research and realized it was merely the term given to the growth of the web. In fact, a way to describe what the web has become--collaborative, sharing, communicating, writing, posting, focused on the individual, etc. It's funny how I never really thought that numbers would mark the distinct differences between the beginnings of the web, and its stages of evolution. Like all things, it will continue to evolve. Now the term Web 3.0 is being tossed around. Wait a second! I haven't even gotten used to Web 2.0 yet!
Sometimes I wish there was an emergency pull rope to slow this technology train down! But something tells me our younger generations are completely content to keep the train moving at top speed--in fact, they're at the wheel! All is as it should be, I suppose. And my thinking perhaps does no more than mark my age--argh, I've become my parents! :)
I guess my point is it's a good things numbers are infinite. If we keep up this numbering trend, Web 4.0 will be here before I even sink my teeth into Web 3.0! And it will just keep growing and growing and growing.....OK, you get the picture.
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