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Tim O'Reilly: Tackle Big, Hard Problems With Web 2.0 - ReadWriteWeb

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:16:37 -0000

Big Opportunities:

1) web 2.0 in enterprise; "turning themselves inside out"
2) web 2.0 evolving into cloud computing
3) ambient computing (mobile phones and ubiquitous sensors)

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

1) enterprise

e.g. dell ideastorm

real time user facing services based on data from customers -- your bank doesn't give u this, but google does

finding meaning in that data

google pagerank = meaning hidden in links (link is a vote)

other areas where "there is hidden meaning in enterprise data"

wesabe -- how people spend their money is a vote (nb: Tim noted he is an investor)

eg merchant pages give people collective intelligence about spending

3) mobile / ambient

software above the level of a single device. So mobile does not equal the phone. He talks about Microsoft Live Mesh, noting that it is currently only Windows - but he's waiting to hear from Microsoft on its future.

Ambient computing; "web 2.0 not something we interact with on a laptop, it is all around us."

Tim urges us to "not follow the headlines" and the hot things, but go after "big, hard problems".

His main message is to tackle big hard problems, with web 2.0. Make a difference.

Tags: readwriteweb web2.0 o'reilly

Posted by: maggie_diigo

And Nerds Became Kings: Yahoo! to Announce Semantic Web Support - ReadWriteWeb

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:55:08 -0000

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

TechCrunch and Search Engine Land are reporting this morning that Yahoo! will now be indexing Semantic Web and Microformats markup from around the web and will use that information to display more structured search results.

Tags: microformat readwriteweb semantic

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Could Instant Messaging (XMPP) Power the Future of Online Communication? - ReadWriteWeb

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:14:37 -0000

Tags: messaging readwriteweb

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SXSW Breakout App of 2008: What Will it Be? - ReadWriteWeb

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:26:44 -0000

Tags: readwriteweb sxsw

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35 Ways to Stream Your Life - ReadWriteWeb

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:41:06 -0000

Tags: productivity readwriteweb

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Viral + Monetizable = StartUp Magic Quadrant - ReadWriteWeb

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:04:09 -0000

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

These are the three streams of the Internet - communication, entertainment and research. You go online to communicate, have fun or find some information. The viral properties of each stream are quite different:

Communication. This is perfect for viral. Think Hotmail, Twitter, Skype and Facebook. The viral property is built into the service.
Entertainment. Think You Tube or Second Life or any online game. I tell people about a really entertaining video. The viral property is weaker as it depends on a stream of loss-leader hits.
Research. Google got viral adoption because the alternatives were weak and it was a major problem faced by millions every day. As it was free and dead simple to use, there was no barrier to adoption; but the viral spread was only possible because it was such a big problem and it was so much better than the alternatives. This happens very rarely.

when it is a genuinely new form of communication, the viral adoption is stunning in its speed

from a point of view of monetization, the order is reversed:

Research is simple to monetize. It leads to a database of intentions and that leads to any number of advertising models that have a) proven returns to advertisers b) proven use for searchers.

Entertaiment can be monetized through advertising and “freemium”. We are used to the idea of ads to get free entertainment on TV/Radio and used to paying to go to the Movies or rent DVDs.

Communication is really tough to monetize through advertising. It has to be free to be viral (and it can be free because the marginal cost is close to zero). So the only way to make money is some form of advertising. It is just really, really hard to find a good way to offer advertising around a communication service that works for both the user of the service and the advertiser.

that is a small prize compared to a Research service that gets mass adoption. Google is valued at over $200 billion because they got viral adoption for a Research service. They have even found a way to make email advertising effective

the service has to be useful on a daily basis for mass markets.

collaborative research, search with a communication angle, does look like the next big thing. My definition of Web 3.0 is:

“The combination of Web 2.0 mass collaboration with structured databases”.

Tags: readwriteweb startup viral

Posted by: maggie_diigo