When will Web 2.0 really truly be useful? Are we out of ideas?


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When will Web 2.0 really truly be useful? The web is flooded with start ups with nicely rendered logos and the same business models, same ideas. I feel like it it is Web 0.2 Beta instead of Web 2.0. Lets face it, most of the truly functional Web 2.0 applications are emulating software applications that are already done better on your PC or Mac. The only real exception I can think of is Google Gmail which locates all 2 to 3 Gig of your email to another server, so it doesn’t clog up your PC.That leaves everyone else.

  • Social Networks although great are a dime a dozen, kind of like showing up for a party that has no start time, there is unlikely anyone to be there to connect to.
  • Writely is great for sharing documents but don’t we already do this with email?
  • RSS is a piece of the Web 2.0, but come on, we have more RSS feeds than we have original content.
  • Am I supposed to be impressed by moving squares of information from one side to another? (AJAX) We used to call this windows and had them since Mac OS debut.
  • Internet Hard Drives, seems to be a big deal right now, kinda remember using FTP.

Feel free to prove me wrong but just where are the ground breaking ideas? Or are we out of creative ideas on how to use the internet.

I will do what I can to update this list. I have already been e-mailed a few suggestions.

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October 4, 2006 | Filed Under Technical, Web 2.0 

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