LTB is built on the power of Web 2.0 - wait what's Web 2.0?

by JulieLaboe

Web 2.0 technologies allow users to contribute website content by way of profiles, uploading videos, uploading photos, posting comments, posting press releases and blogging. Examples include LinkedIn® and MySpace®. Bart Decrem, a founder and former CEO of Flock, calls Web 2.0 the "participatory Web".  This stands in contrast to traditional websites (Web 1.0) that limit visitors to viewing only and whose content can only be modified by the site's owner. For example, LTB offers the traditional viewing of content by way of our directory of litigation and trial technologies. Then we add Web 2.0 capability that allows vendors to send out press releases via our site, blog about their technology, create and enhance their own directory listings, upload white papers and other files, and connect with litigation support professionals. At the same time the litigation support professionals who utilize the technologies can comment on and rate these vendors. 

LTB is what Wikipedia describes as “Web 2.0”-oriented because we exist only on the Internet. This style significantly reduces bias found in many other publications, and makes it very difficult for any group to censor and/or impose bias. Because LTB has a very short editorial cycle, any content reported as inappropriate or inaccurate can very quickly be reviewed, corrected and/or removed.  So unlike traditional publishing (either printed or provided in a “traditional” website format) that stays the same until the next edition, contributors (you) can update LTB constantly, ensuring that it stays abreast of the most recent events and knowledge.

As a side note in a posting by DiscoveryResources.org Editor (http://www.discoveryresources.org/technology-counsel/sound-evidence/top-20-e-discovery-predictions-for-2009/) number 16 on their “Top 20 eDiscovery Predictions for 2009” they stated, “Web 2.0 will start to emerge as the next technical/legal challenge (dynamic, multi-company content).”  Stay tuned…