Last Rites for Web 2.0? Quite the Contrary.
I read an interesting article this morning that was based on an interview with Clark Kokich, CEO of Razorfish, what might best be described as a new media integration agency. At the heart of the article was the need for innovation as we travel the path from familiarization and utilization of common Web 2.0 tools to the somewhat nebulous and uncertain world of Web 3.0.
Almost everyone knows at least the components of Web 2.0 — blogs, social networking, etc. — even if they aren’t familiar with the term. Indeed, defining Web 3.0, even according to Wikipedia, is difficult since “the nature of defining Web 3.0 is highly speculative. In general it refers to aspects of the internet which, though potentially possible, are not technically or practically feasible at this time.”
In fact, many have said that while Web 2.0 is a moniker for the activities of the “mass of amateurs,” Web 3.0 refers more to distillation and concentration of expert advice and information, delivered to and accessed by consumers in an as yet, untold and undetermined manner.
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Tracking Twitter Conversations: AnOrangeAmerica.com
Ironically, I just picked this up on a Twitter feed. Its a web site that tracks Twitter hits of terms related to Obama vs. McCain. It seems to be a continually, dynamically-generated web site that shows the number of hits for each candidate based on certain key terms the web site is analyzing.
For instance, a glance right now (and it changes every few seconds, so you may not see the same thing when you look), shows a lot of red (McCain) compared to blue (Obama) for terms like “maverick” and “recession”. Presumably, this means these terms are being used in Twitter conversations relating more to McCain than Obama.
An interesting introspection into American politics through the eyes of the Twitter membership.
Newspapers: Thoughts on Old Media During the Age of the Blogger
It’s been a while since I’ve written to this blog, being wrapped up in my firm’s new web-based marketing, promotions and public relations program for our clients. In fact, it was my daily scouring of Google Alerts (as blog and commenting opportunities) that lead me to recently be reading a number of online newspaper articles that got me thinking about this article’s topic.
Working at an advertising company, our clients — real estate, homebuilding and healthcare (all previously users of heavy print media) — tended to be voracious consumers of traditional media like print, billboards, radio and television. It’s only really been recently that they’ve moved quickly away from the stalwarts of advertising to the NKOTB, online media. Even then, how many newspapers try to use their offline, impression- (the new word for “reader”) based model in lieu of the much smarter, results-oriented pay-per-click method of advertising?
