Mint.com Review

 Mint.com is one financing website out of many!  It is put online for the purpose of helping people manage their finances correctly.  It informs you if you exceed your monthly budget, and helps you keep track of where your money goes.  No secrets!!  There are categories in which you organize your budget, such as a fast food budget, groceries budget, or even a shopping budget.  Spending more than you are making is dangerous ground to walk on, and can get you into huge trouble.  Especially if you are just starting out!!  I think it is very important to keep track of your finances, and this website makes it all ten times easier!  A bonus with this site and most of the others is the fact that you and you alone can look at the information you have inserted.  Password and usernames are vital and if you don't share it, nobody else sees it!!  Privacy is usually necessary when it comes to financing.  Now concerning the issue if this website is or is not a web 2.0 tool.  I would consider it as a web 2.0 tool, but it is a matter of opinion.  Because you setup your own account and afterwards you get emails and such concerning your budgets.  I don't know, I think it is!!  This website is very good if you are a shopaholic!  Keeps track of every piece of gum you buy!!  One thing that most people wouldn't like about this website is the fact that you have to give your credit card info.  Some people don't like that, though I really think this website is very confidential, keeping your information private.  I think I would trust the website personally, I think Mint.com is a very useful web 2.0!!

Here is a Youtube video that explains Mint.com...

Amazon.ca Review

    Amazon.ca is a website in which you can shop to your heart's content, without leaving your house.  But if that was the only thing you could do on it, it would not be considered a Web 2.0 tool.  The reason this website has been branded with the name Web 2.0, is because there is a place on the web page that allows you to rate the product and write a review.  This could be very helpful when debating whether or not you are going to purchase the product.  Though some of the reviews you may not agree with.  For instance, I was looking at some movies that I own or have watched and I disagreed with the reviews posted.  If I took the time I could have written my own review, on the very same product.  At the top of the review page they will put a review that is for the product and a review that is against it.  So you can get an idea of what people think without scrolling down the page.  It being the first time I used this website I thought that the reviews may turn out to be helpful, though speaking with a friend who has used amazon.ca, and has purchased products off of amazon.  She thought the reviews were useless.  I guess it would have to depend on the person involved.  I feel that it would be helpful if you have never seen the product in your life.  Take for example a book, or DVD, if you have never had the opportunity to read the back an decide if it was the right thing for you.  The reviews in that case would be very helpful.  Hurrah for the reviews!! They make Amazon.ca qualified to be a Web 2.0.

Here is a review made about a purchase on Amazon.ca...

The Definition of Web 2.0

I would define Web 2.0 as an online tool that people all over the world can edit, revise, or create.