Since my early days at IBM,  I've come across an impressive number of buzzwords. I thought I'd seen it all during the dot.com frenzy and I've become more cautious about any name or concept supposed to revolutionize our lives.

However, over the past 4 years or so, I've witnessed "Web 2.0" become an increasingly popular concept, together with the emergence of new technologies, business models, sites and services, etc. So I've decided to dig deeper and try to understand the phenomenon by researching and analyzing all the sources I could get my hands on, in order to figure out what the opportunities are for current and potential businesses.

My modest ambition here is just to present some of the sources, resources and services I find useful ; you might want to learn more about the whole thing and, in that case, be prepared to surf a lot, read a lot and spend a considerable amount of time doing so: it seems that a lot of people are willing to offer their view on the subject... Maybe I should just go ahead too and start my own blog (Web 2.0 style) to participate: I already have a few names in mind for it: "It's not Youtube" (www.itsnotyoutube.com), "It's not Web 2.0" (www.itsnotweb20.com), "It's not Facebook" (www.itsnotfacebook.com), etc.  

Anyway, to get you started and until I find the time to populate that section (anytime soon), you can have a look at the following: