Category: Technology Author : Steven Hodson Posted: March 3, 2009
Tags : web, web 2.0, Web 3.0
If there is one thing you can say about the whole Web 2.0 thing it would be that it definitely hasn’t been boring. Every time you turn around some new service being announce, some new idea is being touted as the next game changer and everybody is yakking about how hot the social media stuff is. Yup – Web 2.0 is full of bustling activity.
But where do we go from here?
What will the next iteration of the web be like?
Fred Wilson had a post this morning called Looking for the Yawn in which he quotes something from a Warren Buffet blog post in which Warren said the following
Beware the investment activity that produces applause; the great moves are usually greeted by yawns.
I’ve been thinking about that and the other things Fred talked about in his post and it got me to wondering if Web 3.0 could actually end up being very boring. The thing about Web 2.0 is that in a lot of ways it resembles the construction of a building. There is a hubbub of activity as everyone is rushing around putting all the pieces together. The foundation, the walls, the plumbing – it all a flurry of hyper activity as people excitedly raise a whole new building up from the barren earth.
At some point though everything is in place – the building is completed and then everyone sets about to do the day by day business of working in that new building. You know the boring stuff.
The stuff that makes everyone want to *YAWN*.
What do you think? Do you think the next version number will be more building or will it be a big *YAWN*fest?
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Mar 3, 2009
Isn't it early to talk about Web 3??? We didn't even reach Web 2.5 yet
Mar 4, 2009
I don't think that the next iteration of the Web will be a *YAWN*, cosmetic/evolutionary changes will always be greeted with hype and criticism which in turn will fuel reviews,opinion and anticipation. Only when we reach the Minority Report will we finally start changing our stance
Mar 4, 2009
Have to say we're already reached 3.0 and very few have realized it yet. It truly is a yawn because you aren't actually going to see it much because it's mainly all in the backend very little of it is going to track over to the frontend where users are likely to see it. It is the flow diagram for all the rooms in the building customized for each user based on all the data collected to make the service individualized and optimized just for them. They aren't likely to notice that the results are better as it's going to slowly creep up.
Mar 4, 2009
I like where you are going with this. I think that due to Web 2.0 – with all the meme and Twitter/Facebook “what am i doing right now” aspect, it WILL be a YAWN because there will only be more of this anti-social grace in the coming years due to social media. I think there is a big need for social media and i love it, but i think it is being used incorrectly. especially from tech writers and then again, also from normal joes. i do not have the answer, and, am part of the problem.
Mar 4, 2009
hype over changes to an interface doesn't necessarily equate a iteration of the web though Joe – IMO anyway. Even with Web 3.0 – or whatever they end up calling – will still have the bullshit hype that we need to keep the words and money flowing but I wonder if there will be the same over all excitement about the technology as we have right now.
Mar 4, 2009
I thought about that James and to a point agree with you. I also like your flowchart analogy as it was kind of what I was thinking about when writing this 'question' out.
Mar 4, 2009
I think that you need to make a difference between Social Media and the social media that the gurus and mavens are hyping. The hype is about the tools and services whereas Social Media I think is about the concept which has a lot of potential for change. We just get too distracted by the shiny toys and bullshit phraseology.
Mar 4, 2009
I think that Internet TV is the next big thing to hit, and that will be Web 3.0. From everything I have seen thus far Immortal Caesar: Life of a Pro Boxer looks like it will be leading the charge to Web 3.0. I think that show is going to change how Internet TV is viewed. I'm excited to see Web 3.0
Apr 15, 2009
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