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And We Weren't Even Done With 1.0

Feb 12, 2007

What is Web 2.0? For the mystified, Michael Wesch, a cultural anthropologist at Kansas State University, posted a four and a half minute introduction to the history of the Internet. Starting with pencil and paper, followed by HTML and then XML, this YouTube video explores the origins of online collaborations and how the Internet now links people, rather than just webpages.

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