In 2004, the phrase bandied about by web geeks like me was 'social software.' This encompassed MySpace, Friendster, blogging platforms like Blogger and LiveJournal, wikis like Wikipedia, and even 1990s staples like online forums and message boards.
Blogging and wikis were encouraging ordinary people to write more on the web - you didn't necessarily need to have technical skills anymore. New websites like Flickr and del.icio.us were enabling people to share things online.
2004, twenty years ago, was the year that Web 2.0 truly began. Facebook was quietly launched in a Harvard dorm room. Meanwhile, across the border in Canada, a photo sharing site called Flickr was released.
The technology behind Gmail in 2004, a JavaScript technique that would later be termed 'Ajax,' would come to define many of the web products that became popular over the coming years.
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