Earlier this week Orli Yakuel posted a video Q&A with Eric Schmidt in which he defines Web 3.0 as:
“My prediction would be that Web 3.0 would ultimately be seen as applications that are pieced together [and that share] a number of characteristics: the applications are relatively small; the data is in the cloud; the applications can run on any device - PC or mobile phone; the applications are very fast and they’re very customizable; and furthermore the applications are distributed essentially virally, literally by social networks, by email. You won’t go to the store and purchase them. … That’s a very different application model than we’ve ever seen in computing … and likely to be very, very large. There’s low barriers to entry. The new generation of tools being announced today by Google and other companies make it relatively easy to do. [It] solves a lot of problems, and it works everywhere.”
I just came across a post on the SexyWidget blog that shares Nick Carr’s definition:
“Web 3.0 involves the disintegration of digital data and software into modular components that, through the use of simple tools, can be reintegrated into new applications or functions on the fly by either machines or people.”
I find Nick’s definition extremely insightful and very much on the money. It’s funny, we might find ourselves defining Web 3.0 before we are able to agree on 2.0’s definition. Vive le Web!
The Event: Jerusalem ROCKS!
The Date: September 9th.
The Location: Teddy Stadium.
The Bands: The Black Eyed Peas, Arrested Development & The Commitments.
The Person to Blame: Jeff Pulver (and a few others too).
Tickets: Right here.
When I was a kid, my dad worked for legendary Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), which back in the day was #2 to IBM. In the 80’s the computer business was about selling machines, and no one could outsell IBM.
Then in the 90’s, in one of the most important business plays in hi-tech industry history, IBM reinvented itself and became a services company. This was not an obvious move, but one that proved cynics and critics wrong alike.
This preface brings me to Amazon. Slowly but surely the Internet retailer has been rolling out Web Services. These are services that capitalize on Amazon’s advanced infrastructure–and it is advanced. It began with the Simple Storage Solution (S3), continued to Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), and has now reached Flexible Payment Service (FPS).
In the two days since the service was announced a question has been recurring in my mind… Is Amazon the next IBM? Your thoughts are welcome…
Interesting coverage:
Don’t you hate it when you have to watch something because it’s actually good? ;-)
Well, now you have two more Net Shows to watch:
- The GigaOm Show - Revision3, home of Diggnation, is producing Om Malik’s new show. In the second episode, Om hosts Kevin Rose & Jason Calacanis.
- Webb Alert - A 5 minute re-cap of the day’s technology news. The show is hosted by Morgan Webb. I have a feeling Morgan’s star will be on the rise in the coming year… Episode 2 is embedded below:
Well, the cat is out of the bag… You read the subject line correctly… As of today, I’ll be covering the Israeli startup scene for none other than TechCrunch.
Obviously this is a big day for me, but it’s also a big day for Israeli startups. As of today they have a dedicated avenue to the most influential news sources of the Internet industry.
Does this mean every Israeli startup will now get billing on TechCrunch? Of course not. It does mean however that a select number of the incredible companies we have here in Israel will now be able to gain some duly deserved exposure. And that is indeed a big deal.
Am I a full-time TechCrunch employee? No. I am doing this on an outsourced basis.
So without further adieu, here’s my first post:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/01/meemix-a-new-breed-of-music-personalization-is-born/
And if you come across an interesting Israeli startup, I’d be happy to learn about it!
