Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

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Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes.


This is the 2nd draft, and I plan on doing one more final draft. Please leave comments on what could be changed or improved, or what needs to be excluded or included. Subscribe if you want to be notified when the revision is released.

UPDATE: I just added this video to Mojiti where you can actually write your comments into the video itself. It is an exciting experiment in "Video 2.0". Go check it out at and add your voice!

Transcripts are now available as well:


A couple of people have noted that the statement, "XML was created to do just that" (separate form from content) is misleading because CSS enables the same effect with HTML. I tried to integrate CSS into the video, but it ruined the flow. Perhaps in the next draft.

My statement on XML is based on the following from xml.com: "In order to appreciate XML, it is important to understand why it was created. XML was created so that richly structured documents could be used over the web. The only viable alternatives, HTML and SGML, are not practical for this purpose. HTML, as we've already discussed, comes bound with a set of semantics and does not provide arbitrary structure."

Thank you all for the comments. With your help the next draft will be cleaned up and hopefully free of factual errors.

A higher quality version is available for download here: Please note that this is the second draft and the final version will not be available until late February after I review all comments and revise the video. Please return for a new download link at that time.

The song is "There's Nothing Impossible" by Deus, available for free at
Deus offers music under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license, yet one more example of the interlinking of people sharing and collaborating this video is attempting to illustrate.

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Michael Wesch
Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Kansas State University

Channel: Education
Uploaded: January 31, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Author: mwesch

Length: 00:04:31
Rating: 4.74
Views: 6436950

Tags: ksudigg web2.0 digital ethnography hypermedia anthropology

Video Comments:
Out4JustMe1297684 (September 6, 2008 at 1:33 am)
Alrightythen.

I just uploaded a couple pics of me in my panties

I am desperate for someone to fool around with.





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r4tbron (September 5, 2008 at 1:54 am)
I managed to increase computer speed a lot using this program from make-pc-faster(.)info Download and run a scan for free!

sorry...once again wrong. Prefetch catches information of things/programs you regularly use more often than others to provide faster startup. Deleting everything is counterproductive. XP deletes older entries itself. br/br/Same for cleaning the regestry: It is organised like a database. Programs using it know the exact branch where to look, the do not search the reg. Why
HaidarW4 (September 5, 2008 at 1:14 am)
can someone tell me the name of this little beat?

thanks!
jaymem4r5 (September 4, 2008 at 8:01 pm)
I fixed all errors on my computer and dramatically increased my pc speed using program from make-pc-faster(.)info

Fast :)
Rentalgreenspy (September 4, 2008 at 6:10 pm)
Well done.
moester101 (September 3, 2008 at 7:35 am)
i don't get it....y this vid got 6 mil views?
webby180 (September 3, 2008 at 3:05 am)
try again.
cheesebuyer (September 3, 2008 at 2:28 am)
What do u mean its fake???
xXxlunarStarxXx (September 3, 2008 at 12:04 am)
huh?
AndreONEz (September 2, 2008 at 9:16 pm)
You need CUBIC balls to do all of this, really. Great great great video, awesomeness.