The inaugural blog post on the "Read/Write Web" website, by Richard MacManus, launched a concept that would fundamentally reshape the understanding and interaction with the internet. Written in 2003, this post introduced the term "Read/Write Web" to describe an emerging era in which the internet was transitioning from a predominantly read-only platform—a static realm of consumable information—to an interactive space where users could both consume and create content.

In 2005, Tim O'Reilly, a prominent advocate for open source software and the founder of O'Reilly Media, published an insightful article titled "What is Web 2.0?" This piece swiftly became a defining manifesto for the second generation of the internet—a shift from static webpages to a dynamic, user-generated, and participatory platform that has transformed how we interact with the web today.