I've been staring at a lot of graphs and charts lately as I work more on the NTC agenda. I'm trying to lay my hands on whatever data I can about how nonprofits and their stakeholders are engaging online. The type of graph that comes back again and again? The Long Tail kind (from Network for Good's report: The Young and the Generous):

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Sure you know about blogs, wikis, tagging, and of course MySpace, but can you explain what exactly Web 2.0 means? Where is the line between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0, and how will we know when the next version emerges?

The Pew Internet & American Life Project recently released an article that explains the fuzzy definition of Web 2.0, the history of the term and the phenomenon, and what the buzz really means. The article does an excellent job of putting the term and the applications that fall under it into perspective and shows how Web 2.0 tools are different from their very similar predecessors. You can read the article here.

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