William F. Garrity

The O'Reilly Web 2.0 Expo just concluded.  Here are some links to information about it. 

Tim O'Reilly's welcome, as reported by Computerworld. 

April 23, 2008 (Computerworld) SAN FRANCISCO — While Web 2.0 technologies may have struggled in the past against criticism that they are self-indulgent time-wasters, Web 2.0 is now being touted as a collection of ground-breaking applications that can harness the collective intelligence of a multitude of users.

That was the message here at the opening of the O'Reilly Web 2.0 Expo, where Tim O'Reilly, president of O'Reilly Media, noted that the Internet's emergence as a platform itself marks an "amazing revolution in human augmentation" akin to the advent of literacy. He highlighted Web 2.0 applications that use Google Earth to track global deforestation and those aiming to shed light on how congressional legislation is written and passed as examples of this revolution.

Here is CNET's extensive, consolidated reporting on the expo. 

On a related note, CNET's Webware ("Cool Web 2.0 Apps for Everyone") published its list of 2008 Webware 100.  "These are the 100 top Web apps, 10 each in 10 categories, according to Webware users and the fans of the products that were finalists in the awards."