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Web 2 Heroes: Interviews with 20 Web 2 Influencers by Bradley L Jones(Book Review) - Chapter 18

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Web 2.0 Heroes: Interviews with 20 Web 2.0 Influencers by Bradley L. Jones, Chapter 18

Library Reference: none

Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Web-2-0-Heroes-Interviews-Influencers/dp/0470241993/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224483069&sr=1-5

 

Quote: “People have a tendency to put Web 2.0 in the ‘browser bucket,’ and say that if it is not running in a browser it is not Web 2.0.

 

 

Learning Expectations:

 

I expect to learn how Microsoft and Tim Harris implemented the Web 2.0 to put their products and services to a whole new level of experience for the users to obtain and acquire. I also expect to learn how Microsoft rose to the top with the help of the Web 2.0 on integrating their current products and services with the internet or web.

 

Review:

 

The 18th Chapter of the 20 Web 2.0 Influencers by Bradley L. Jones talks about the interview with Microsoft Corporation’s Tim Harris. He is the Product Manager in the Developer & Platform Evangelism or DPE group in the Server & Tools Division. The insights that he gives in the interview are accurate enough to know what Microsoft is heading for and doing at the current work level.

 

Let’s first talk about Microsoft. Microsoft Corporation is one of the most popular companies ever existed in the Earth. They provide different kinds of applications from Operating Systems to Gaming Consoles. The software that they provide for the users is something that is used worldwide. Almost every person in the world who has a computer surely has a Microsoft software or application installed in except for the Apple users out there. No offense, but majority of the computer users in the world is using Microsoft software applications and products. It is one of the most used software scattered all over the globe. They are popular because the quality of work that people can produce by using this software is truly remarkable.

 

Even people with less experience can do wonders with Microsoft software because of the ease it gives to the users. It would take too long for me to list all the software application and products that Microsoft provides. But I’ll give you the ones which is the most used ones in their arsenal. Surely on the top of this list is the Microsoft Operating Systems or OS. It started being popular with Windows 95 and then XP and the newest version the Vista. Every computer shop you may go, you will surely see a Microsoft OS installed and used in their computers. The Microsoft Office is also one of the most used software produced by Microsoft. It is commonly used by students and professionals to their works. It is used by almost all age group because of the ease of its use. For software developers, the Visual Studio is the tool to use in making C# codes and other kinds of languages. The user-friendly atmosphere of the workspace is something that is easy to use personally.

 

The other popular thing is the Xbox 360. It harnesses one of the most spectacular graphics I’ve ever seen in my 18 years of life. When you see the NBA 2k9 on Xbox 360, believe me, you would ask “Is that game live?” That happened in reality when my Dad asked my brother the same question and somehow got animated to know that it is just a game. The quality of detail is truly astonishing to see. They have also placed the Xbox 360 to a higher level when they gave it the ability to connect to the internet and let the users battle out each other and share information through the Xbox 360. I can truly say that Microsoft integrated the Xbox 360 and the web or internet with each other fittingly that it gave the users a whole new level of experience.

 

 

 

 

Let’s go back to the web and Microsoft. Microsoft aims to increase the user experience of the people when using their computer goods. They had truly made use of the Web 2.0 to connect to the internet and up their quality of work and changed the way users use their products and services. The level of experience of the users is truly upgraded to a whole new level of existence that many things are now emerging from it. I can safely say that Microsoft has done spectacularly in incorporating their products and services with the internet or web to produce a whole new level of experience for different kinds of people to gain. They are in fact successful with the things that they do both offline and online.

 

 

Lessons Learned:

 

            I have learned how Microsoft and Tim Harris implemented the Web 2,0 with their products and services to create something new for their customers and the different kinds of people all over the world. I have also learned that Microsoft knows what they are doing in the past, present, and future all alike. They are one of the best out there existing in the world we live in today.

 

 

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