A few months ago I was doing some reading on O‘Reilly‘s website and saw that they had created a report called Web 2.0 Radar Report. This report states that it will:

• identifies eight core patterns that are keys to understanding and navigating the Web 2.0 era
• details the problems each pattern solves or opportunities it creates
• explains the technological, economic, and demographic market trends driving the development and adoption of Web 2.0
• illustrates best practices through case studies of industry leaders
• provides tools for hands-on self-assessment.
  

Now this report was super expensive and still is at $375 dollars, and I was not going to pay that kind of money to read this information, so I decided to take another approach. I am currently working at UNC-CH as a software developer and I have full access to the library. I contacted the library and they did not have the report, but did have a agreement with the University of Boston who did have the report on file. They contacted them and sent it to me. This report was a great read and I learned a lot of information about what works and does not work in the Web 2.0 arena.

If you cannot get this report at your local library then read this article written by Lauren Wood. It goes over a lot of the overlying ideas and trends that were discussed in the Web 2.0 Radar Report. You can view this article by Lauren Woods, Web 2.0: Introduction.