Web 2.0 is considerably more than just hype, and if you haven’t yet thought about how it’s going to transform the sector you’re currently working in, or started using some of the new tools and systems that have popped up in the last couple of years, then you are behind and you need to catch up. Here’s a video that has helped explain it to a lot of people in a short amount of time:

And another one that’s a bit more prosaic but well worth a listen:

If you want to really understand Web 2.0, you have to participate. Fortunately there’s an excellent “getting started” guide available that takes you through many of the major sites which have come to be posterchildren for Web 2.0. Read about it here.