Every year for the past five years, there has been a web 2.0 conference held. The summit brings those in the internet industry together to look at how Web 2.0 is affecting their businesses and other endeavors. This year the theme was Websquared. The summit describes Websquared: "As we approach the six year mark from the original Web 2.0 thesis, the trends are becoming clearer than ever. Once applications live in the cloud, the key to success is harnessing network effects so that those applications literally get better the more people use them. But that's just the beginning. Today we see that applications are being driven by sensors, not just by people typing on keyboards. They are becoming platforms for collective action, not just collective intelligence."
We can see that we no longer just use the web, the web uses us to create content and generate action. Social networking is just the beginning. Facebook began as a fairly passive application in which one could view friends profiles, but it becomes increasingly more interactive and collaboration.
Google also began as merely a search engine, but has developed into email and so much more. It's latest development is GoogleWave, which I have to admit I haven't totally figured out yet. It seems to allow people to communicate, collaborate, and create documents in real time through cyberspace. Collaboration is key what will be next?
This is a long video taken from the summit called "What Do Teens Want?". It's interesting to see perspective from our age group at the summit. I don't expect you to watch the whole 30+ minutes, but you might find a few snippets interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLblEHTnLPQ&feature=player_embedded
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It is difficult to determine what will be next. Its ironic, but it seems that the only communication method left is to have face to face interactions. Maybe google can come up with a way to pinpoint someones exact location or something even mroe intruding and creepy than that.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that I expected something more from GoogleWave. Last month, people were begging for invites, now everyone is trying to find people who want one.
ReplyDeleteI think the problem I see with googlewave at the moment is it's still confusing to use along with the situation that most people haven't found the need to collaborate on that level yet, or possibly the userbase is too small to see the potential while in its alpha stages.
ReplyDeleteI already thought the idea of google earth was creepy and that it invaded one's privacy. However, with new development coming out everyday, I can't help to agree with Marc in fear that they might come out with a way to pinpoint someone's exact location. I've seen commercials (I think for Sprint) in which people can "find their friends" by locating their friend's cell phone on a map. That concept beyond scares me. Hello, stalk much?
ReplyDeleteJust feeding of these other comments, I haven't had the chance to use GoogleWave but GoogleEarth was pretty crazy. I think it was cool at first finding you own home and things. But when you really think about it, it can be used for a lot of reasons and is borderline creepy.
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