Presentation to AIETEC, Accra, May 2006

1. Web 2.0 in Ghana’s Path to Knowledge Societies Amos Anyimadu Technology Assessment Project, University of Ghana, [email_address] www.AfricaTalks.org

5. A Ghanaian Technologist Reinforces Tim O’Reilly’s view of Web 2.0 versus Web 1.0 Web 1.0 Web 2.0 DoubleClick --> Google AdSense Ofoto --> Flickr Akamai --> BitTorrent mp3.com --> Napster Britannica Online --> Wikipedia personal websites --> blogging evite --> upcoming.org and EVDB domain name speculation --> search engine optimization page views --> cost per click screen scraping --> web services publishing --> participation content management systems --> wikis directories (taxonomy) --> tagging ("folksonomy") stickiness --> syndication

6. Tom O’Reilly’s Summary of Web 2.0 Services, not packaged software, with cost-effective scalability Control over unique, hard-to-recreate data sources that get richer as more people use them Trusting users as co-developers Harnessing collective intelligence Leveraging the long tail through customer self-service Software above the level of a single device Lightweight user interfaces, development models, AND business models

7. When will this hit e-commerce? (Score:3, Interesting) by PacoHernandez (939349) on Monday April 03, @11:48AM ( #15050600 ) It's interesting that the majority of these "Web 2.0" companies are still making their money off of paid advertisements, which seems to be a very "old web" business model. Are there any companies that are doing new and interesting things with commerce itself? http://slashdot.org/articles/06/04/03/1121244.shtml

8. Web 2.0 = low-contrast pastel colors (Score:2, Insightful) by Bloodwine (223097) on Monday April 03, @12:06PM ( #15050818 ) For all the talk of CSS and XHTML making content more accessible, I find it funny that color-blind people re brushed under the rug with all the low-contrast designs most of these Web 2.0 sites are sporting. http://slashdot.org/articles/06/04/03/1121244.shtml

9. Along the same line of Synergy and Proactive.. .. (Score:2, Funny) by Arwing (951573) on Monday April 03, @12:25PM ( #15051011 ) For me, web is (hopefully) ever evolving, and it will just be THE web, with no version number attached at the end. http://slashdot.org/articles/06/04/03/1121244.shtml

13. AAU Secretariat’s Key Questions on Knowledge Societies in Africa