Web 2.0

The programmable web continues to grow now at 550 web APIs, and with more than 2500 listed Mashups. The Google Maps API continue to be the most popular or active. As of November 15, 2007:   > Total Mashups: 2513   > APIs: 550   > Mashups/Day: 3.19 It is very exciting to see how … Read more

The Programmable Web – Mashups last 6 months: Wow, it's awesome to see the growth of services on the web for the last six months… this says a whole lot about the state of affairs, about the Web… successful or not, there is a lot of innovation happening: research, development, and collaboration. As of this … Read more

Sir Tim Berners-Lee recently commented on Web 2.0: “(Web 2.0 is) useless jargon nobody can explain and a set of technology that tries to achieve exactly the same thing as “Web 1.0” Mr. TBL is right that Web 2.0 is the same set of technology that tries to achieve exactly the same as what he … Read more

I recently read Tim O'Reilly's Four Big Ideas About Open Source… But as I read Tim's ideas I realized (that with minor changes and reordering) they also are 4 principles that describe the current philosophy of how services on the (new) web are being produced and consumed: The architecture of participation or collaboration beyond software: … Read more

In the late 1990/early 2000, before the bubble burst, platforms were a big thing – for many startups, platforms or infrastructure software was at the core of their business models. A couple of years later, when things got sour, it was not about platforms, but about “specific solutions” – you didn't speak much about your … Read more

New set of buzzwords… “Enterprise Mashup” (Mashups as a Service) SOA 2.0 Web-Oriented Architecture Bottom line… It is about Web 2.0 in the Enterprise. ceo

Tim O'Reilly posted a response to the Web 2.0 trademark debacle… where he expresses his discontent towards the whole issue, which is totally understandable. Putting the trademark issue aside, I will say that am surprised that Mr. O'Reilly is surprised about how the “collective” reacted. The “collective intelligence” (or lack of intelligence) is a theme … Read more

“Do as I say not as I do!” The Web 2.0 is supposed to be about the open, collective, community-based use and evolution of the Web, so what happened here when O’Reilly trademarks “Web 2.0” and sets lawyers on IT@Cork? This recent trademark (or service mark) debacle is such a great example of what I've … Read more

[Updated April 30, 2006] In this essay I look at the Web 2.0 from a different perspective – the practical; the practical characteristics that have resulted in Web 2.0. “In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; In practice, there is…” –Chuck Reid Chuck's quote is one of my favorite ones – it … Read more