Like many many people all over the world, I’ve finally discovered Facebook! It’s (obviously) one social networking site but with a twist: it has a 100% public and open API which enable anyone to enhance the site. And guess what… Facebook features more than 1000 user contributed “applications”…
Consequently, it seems that everyone who is someone on the web is moving to Facebook.
For example, I’ve set up my own Facebook profile and we can be friends :-)
GetMoBlog aka Xchange Platform
Last week, I met Marc Israel and Patrick Beeharry both from Microsoft and we talked about the lack of general awareness of Web 2.0 among Mauritian individuals and companies (Of course, I’m not referring to young people here as we all know that they are fully aware of those things :-) )
What we realized is that we should organize a kind of workshop by the end of the year where anyone willing to talk about Web 2.0 could do so. The fact that those two are from Microsoft is only a coincidence. They are interested in Web 2.0 as I am (i.e. out of curiosity and passion and not because they are being paid to be interested if you understand what I mean).
In order to start identifying those willing to help and participate in the workshop (and in order to start some preliminary (i.e. cool) discussion on Web 2.0 in Mauritius), a group has been setup on Facebook called GetMoBlog (that name was chosen by Marc Isreal and refers to the fact that most people interested in Web 2.0 have a blog…)
Linux User Group of Mauritius
I’ve also created the LUGM group on Facebook to complement the website.
Come in and let’s start the cool discussions! Everyone can participate!
Then it’s right time for me to get into Facebook. The GetMoblog idea is really interesting.
ya, facebook is a gr8 site, much better than hi5, with lots and lots of applications, from sending gifts to drawing graffeti on your friend’s page or “wall”
but, sometimes it become a bit addictive :S
happy to have u among my friends list :D
Well
i initially thought it was going to b somwht like hi5
got loads of invites
bt didnt acknowledge any..
so i just tried it out
and it seems to b better than hi5
Facebook is different. The “target population” is much larger. And the applications are great. And Facebook is so much much more nicer looking :-)
:p am a bit too parano yet to put real info on me online :p
but then, i guess.. if it is as great as you are saying.. i better start preparing lots of accounts there and make a network with the ppl there.. finding information later will be easier then :p
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I also thought it was just like Hi5..But its so much fun the apps r great..
I remember posting about facebook on this blog months ago…
Hi Avinash,
I have been to UoM a couple of years ago as a CSE student and I have recently completed my Masters in Monash University in Melbourne. Talking about Facebook and Web 2.0; I have done quite a bit of research on that. Based on my research, just want to share my views on Web 2.0,
” Rudman (2007) outlined that Web 2.0 introduced an architecture in which users were exposed to an interface where they could create, share ideas on real-time basis, thus creating a community of collective intellectual capital. As a result, the creation of such a powerful knowledge-base, empowered end-users and reduced the time of disseminating information through users around the globe. Furthermore, based on Berners-Lee’s Web theories, Getting (2007) referred Web 2.0 as a read-write web as compared to Web 1.0. It has also been highlighted by Rudman (2007) that Web 2.0 comprises dynamic webpage with XML language and makes use of peer-to-peer architecture. Hence, it is observed that Web 2.0 is an upgraded version of static web pages and relates more to the way in which people use the web for interactions “.
Cheers
Thanks for sharing…