Comments on: Web 3.0 Can Wait

By: Montoya

Montoya — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:51:00 +0000

Hey, the problem that still exists with web 2.0 is getting all of these disconnected tech-evangelists and vc’s to come down to earth and clue in with the reality of the web. When people say things like “broadband is prevalent” and “tagging is a convention” you know that someone has been drinking the kool-aid. I think we need at least 5 more years just to double the number of users that understand semantics and all of the “cool” web technology we’ve been seeing. We might be ready to play with new technologies and ideas, but we are most definitely not ready for a major revolution on the web that we can somehow label as “web 3.0.”

Looks like the best thing to do is ignore that New York Times article because it’s just hot air that’s making bloggers throw around more meaningless buzzwords; the noise-to-signal ratio is obviously very high.

By: Rami Kayyali

Rami Kayyali — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:31:34 +0000

Putting version numbers aside for a while, Web 2.0 offers no real value for users. How non computer-savvy people you think might get excited about tags, RSS, and “the social”? How many daywalkers smirk when they hear “blogsphere”? How many regular ones you think digg digg? (yeah yeah, pun intended).

I’m enjoying the Web’s current phase just as much as Scrivs is, but come to think about it, I’m getting tired of buzzwords stuffed down my throat. Flickr, and very selected few other sites, are the ones we should bow in respect to. Those showed Web 1.0 people how things should be done.

Current trends are simply reinventing the wheel. I think we need better wheels, not better manufacturing methods.

By: John Labriola

John Labriola — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:23:34 +0000

I agree with you there seems to be a lot of buzz being thrown around. Sometimes I think people just want the dot Com days back. Heck, Web 2.0 still hasn’t been pushed to it it’s full potential yet.

Web 3.0 or call it what you will, is kinda far from being there to start getting the public at large into it. Oh and your totally right, the article was a bit off on it’s facts.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:45:40 +0000

“Personally, I just get tired of buzzwords to create hype from people who really have no idea what they are talking about.”

It is also true that these buzzwords seem to be thrown about as moneymakers, giving people the misconception that something new has been invented when really the functionality has been around for a long time already.

Sort of like this buzzword: “Web 2.0″

By: Devin

Devin — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:03:21 +0000

I agree, Scrivs. I enjoy the echo chamber but I too realize that little of what goes on truly impacts our lives. I think we both discovered that when we went without the internet for a bit. I think Web2.0 is still trying to sort out some winners and losers. Money is being invested and it’ll take a few years to figure out what will stick and be useful (the new Googles, eBays, etc.).

By: Nate K

Nate K — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:35:19 +0000

I read this article in our local newspaper the other day. I was intrigued by what he had to say, but I agree with you – even in his article he seems to disconnected (or understanding) from how the web works.

Personally, I just get tired of buzzwords to create hype from people who really have no idea what they are talking about.