There are several emerging trends coming down the pike, some of them seemingly diametrically opposed to one another. It’s too early in the game for any tensions to cause major changes, but tensions are there nevertheless.
It’s about closed platforms vs. open standards. It’s about how we communicate via email, blogs, etc. vs. who gets access to that communication. It’s about social networks and the advantages and disadvantages they bring.
The transformation of Facebook from a social network for college kids and its emergence as a competitor to LinkedIn as a business-oriented network is playing an key role in this. You could add Twitter, Jaiku, and by-invitation-only Pownce to this. I don’t know where all this will end but I’m predicting that it could be the advent of Web 3.0.
2 Comments » Posted on August 8th, 2007 by Jonathan Trenn
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