tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35360257.post3538881831610461860..comments2024-01-25T07:53:27.067-05:00Comments on Thinking Space: Is Web 2.0 cycle coming to its end? yes and noYihong Dinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410466834942147505noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35360257.post-75384303005555592602008-08-02T06:23:00.000-04:002008-08-02T06:23:00.000-04:00Web 2.0 Is Like PornographyLike so many tech artic...Web 2.0 Is Like Pornography<BR/><BR/>Like so many tech articles posted since Tim O'Reilly coined the term in 2004, this one references "Web 2.0" as if it were something tangible--or at least a concept with clear, concise definition. It is not. In 2006, Web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee sagely observed that "nobody knows what it means":<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/y6ewzy<BR/><BR/>And now in 2008, the most honest thing we can say is that "Web 2.0" means whatever the techno-marketeer (ab)using it wants it to mean. Otherwise, why would intelligent people like Isaac O'Bannon still be writing articles asking "What is Web 2.0?":<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/5solok<BR/><BR/>And, why would McKinsey's just-released best-of-breed report entitled "Building the Web 2.0 Enterprise" ...<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/6sxls7<BR/><BR/>... include no attempt at defining the term other than to list the "Web 2.0 Tools" that comprise or enable it? And even there, the chief ingredient is identified only as "Web Services", adding more mystery to the mix as one ethereal term is offered up to explain another.<BR/><BR/>As originated in an Onstartups.com website design posting...<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/576sgs<BR/><BR/>... "Web 2.0" is like pornography: Nobody has defined it, but you know it when you see it.<BR/><BR/>Bruce Arnold, Web Designer, Miami Florida<BR/>http://www.PervasivePersuasion.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35360257.post-71281072047404576852008-07-31T17:55:00.000-04:002008-07-31T17:55:00.000-04:00Dear Kingsley,I am glad to hear it. Let me know wh...Dear Kingsley,<BR/><BR/>I am glad to hear it. Let me know whether I may do some other help for you. :-)<BR/><BR/>YihongYihong Dinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08410466834942147505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35360257.post-39756703708790402932008-07-31T16:54:00.000-04:002008-07-31T16:54:00.000-04:00Yihong,Once again, spot on!You are really saving m...Yihong,<BR/><BR/>Once again, spot on!<BR/><BR/>You are really saving me a lot of time these days :-)<BR/><BR/><BR/>KingsleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com