(Blogger's note)

Due to the overwhelming amount of information on this week's topic, I have decided to run a multi-part series on new and upcoming technology. What started out as a simple history of blogs, has turned into an giant undertaking. I found that I did not understand the terminology and processes involved with the technology behind them and in order to write a competent story I needed to research those areas. What I found was so enveloping, that I had to change my topic.

So, for this week I will be making a post about Web 2.0, what it is, where it came from, who are the major players, when it started, and why is this important to everyone. The following week I will discuss blogs, who uses them, what kinds there are, when were they created, why they are changing the way we discuss things, and how this relates to Web 2.o and the web in the future. The following week I will finish up with the next generation of web technology.

Thank you for your patience.

Doug