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My good friend Lauren Dresnick wrote an article entititled, Designing for the New Web, Eliminate the hype and learn what Web 2.0 is really about. Lauren is an Associate Editor for FTPOnline, and an all around great person.

From the article, writing about the need for simplicity with the writeable web…

Web 2.0 is about letting go and trusting your users because you cannot determine their capabilities, Veen said. He added that the new Web relies on a fuzzy, human architecture, where the association between two items is virtually unknown, or based on random user input. This new platform has changed the way designers prioritize and solve problems. Veen concluded that in order to succeed in the world of Web 2.0, designers must embrace amateurization, or the architecture of participation, by creating simple tools with which users can build their own online experience.