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| Future Web 3.0.0b |
| Written by Tada Burke | |
| Thursday, 21 December 2006 | |
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I've never been one to personally adopt catch phrases or trends (outside of my everyday work-life), so I'm getting a little turned off by this "Web 2.0" motive. Is this really a new concept? Or has it now simply been solidified for open catch-phraseology?
For the geeks in the know (Tim Berners-Lee), it's fairly simple: the inception of the "Social" strategies and community-oriented concepts have been the preferred underground norm much before the media wave hit the mainstream. Two computers, messaging each other is Social Networking. It doesn't take a statistical theory or beautiful diagram to pull that one off. Besides the everyday Computer Scientist, Hacker or Gov't Engineer -- no way has it been a popularity contest ...until now. As with anything, it's interesting to be a part of and to witness the evolution of change and a society where adaptability has become so instant. The rapid advancement of tech-growth is happening at the speed of light, and there's a saturation effect that will soon catch up to us all. But as with everything, there's a market-buzz that helps for IT lunchbreak conversations, viral marketing and overall positive. So for myself, towards 2007 I think I'll apply some of the really cool new advances for the Web, but probably keep things as clean as possible at the same time -- without falling into the blackhole of trend-spotting. And since this isn't a technical "Blog," I won't expand with a cynical opinion further, we'll just see what evolves. Kinda like "Going Green." Know what I mean? |
