"So, if you're just now hearing the term "Web 2.0" and you're wondering what it means, don't waste your time."

A-yup.

And Go Flock Yourself (geez, I love that name) takes Web 2.0 and puts it up against the wall (I REALLY love their post about information clouds. Most. Useless. Graphic. EVER!).

While I'm not down on Web 2.0 as much as he is they are, I wonder about the ability of Web 2.0 tech to migrate past the early adopters. Web 1.0 clearly had apps that the computer-illiterate amongst us could use, like Hotmail and Amazon.com, the Web 2.0 apps for the rest of the world aren't as clearly defined. Not everyone wants to be a media mogul: There are teens who will never be on myspace.com and not everyone in business will be blogging. I just can't see Web 2.0 having the almost universal acceptance that Web 1.0 has garnered, because not everyone wants to be social, or rely on their friends all the time. Sometimes we want to shut out the world and do it ourselves.

But hey, I thought the dancing hamsters would die a quick death, too.

This entry was posted by Kevin Creighton, on 11.21.2005. You can leave your response.