Nick Carr recently wrote a blog post discussing the "tensions between" the "SOA and Web 2.0" camps. Excluding the obvious enterprise versus consumer orientations, how does one compare and contrast these two concepts? How much are they related?

Is there any programs I can use to edit and create web images?

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When somebody is telling you "Your website should have Web 2.0 design" what does that mean exactly? What are the characteristics of this type of design? Can you provide us some on-line documentation or links to websites that have this type of design?

Thank you in advance.

I thinking of setting a web 2.0 website like Digg.com but what are the hardware requirements I need take to note of, like disk space, traffic, etc? Can normal web hosting companies able to deal with the demand?
anyone know how fast a web 2.0 website grow, with use submit news, post comments, etc. How much disk space you recommend?

I have become obsessed with learning to make use of the Web 2.0 tools to get more organized and to feed my long planned blogging efforts (on financial and political subjects). I want to know how others are using Web 2.0 tools, and in what combinations. Do you use De.licio.us? Do you use Digg? Do you use Yahoo’s My Web and Bookmarks or the new Netscape? Well, in sum, I want to know how other serious readers and surfers organize their information and newsfeeds. Thanks.

-PHP is a popular language for database driven sites.
-Java is used for "AJAX" websites.
-Ruby on Rails is getting a lot of attention.
-Python is very popular in some circles.

What is the best language to write web 2.0 applications in and why?

How much does it cost to set up a web 2.0 business? Just the setting up of the website interface etc.
I’m not just talking about normal websites but complicated 2.0 websites like youtube, myspace, yahoo answers, does anyone know the price?

Web 2.0 is a term describing changing trends in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, collaboration and functionality of the web.

What are the hardest parts of dealing in a web 2.0 environment? What are the struggles of blogging, social networking ect? How can those be resolved?

I have all summer to do whatever I want, so I’ve decided I’m going to teach myself another coding language (I already know PHP, HTML, CSS). I want to be able to create rich Web 2.0 like sites for lack of a better word. What coding language is best for this? AJAX?