by Brian Solis
John Batelle and Tim O’Reilly
The Web 2.0 Summit opened up with a few powerful statements from Tim O’Reilly in defense of the idea of “web 2.0,” not the moniker that is argued to have lost its soul and meaning.
“Do you think web 2.0 is over,” he asked emphatically.
“Are we done evolving the Web as a platform,” O’Reilly continued.
O’Reilly is referring to the confusion of technology and business opportunities that have yet to be discovered and introduced with “me too” startups not closing critical rounds of financing.
With many leading bloggers and influencers citing the end of Web 2.0, O’Reilly truly believes that the opportunity for innovation is only pervasive.
I agree.
This isn’t a market for startups to capitalize on leap-frogging existing solutions and trying to change the world and carry the industry one iteration at a time. This is our chance to create new pioneering solutions and business models to not just generate revenue, but carry forward the true spirit of “Web 2.0″
Pictures from the Web 2.0 Summit Day One are available in my album on Flickr.
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This would have been a perfect segway for Tim to announce Web 2.5 or 3.0. The internet moves way faster then for four years that we still refer to the latest advancements in Internet design and software to remain 2.0 and it’s community at large will get board with Web 2.0. At least I am.
Evolve the 2.0 and define it, and you will see it evolve, Confucius say.
R.
I continually see “experts” attempting to coin Web 3.0’s definition.
The wiki page for web 3.0 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_3.0) is a hodge-podge of quotes from people on what it is exactly.
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