Friday May 30, 2008

When asked to define Web 3.0, Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, said,
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He expects that applications will be:
  • Pieced together
  • Relatively small
  • Able to run on any device (PC or mobile phone, etc.)
  • fast and customizable
  • Distributed virally (by social networks, email, etc.)
  • Free
He also expects Web 3.0 to:
  • Be very large
  • Have a low barrier to entry
  • Solves a lot of problems (Poverty?)
  • Works everywhere

In this blog entry, Tim O'Reilly comments on the video and shares his own definition of Web 3.0: "Software above the level of a single device." I like it.

I've also seen Web 3.0 equated to the semantic web.

Others say that Web 3.0 has yet to define itself, which also makes sense.

What's your favorite definition of Web 3.0? Are you excited about it (like me) or do you think it's a marketing ploy?

For me, this just the beginning of my learning journey. I think that I'm going to backtrack and explore AJAX next...or maybe aggregators.

For fun, here are three Web 3.0 links for you to explore that jumped off of del.icio.us:
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