Lonely Lion

I just posted this on the Bee Board

An O’Reilly link to an email by Doc Searls about Web 2.0

It’s very idealistic sounding…I like it a whole bunch. Web 2.0 is a pretty overused term, check out this video of a thing I cohosted a while back. About half way through the q&a part, we asked these two guys (often cited as being leaders in the Web 2.0 movement) a question from the audience, “What is Web 2.0.” There was a pretty huge groan as response.

I get why typical developers don’t like the term (Web 2.0? Marketing bullshit!) but I still contend that there’s some new ideas out there in the world that I really do like.

I don’t typically post hard-tech type things for my improv folks, but thought this would potentially be interesting to them. Improv and Open Source have a few similar elements. In both, you have the potential for lots of personal satisfaction, but there’s a very slim chance that you’ll be able to make a living off of either path.

Although Web 2.0 is really about new business models, it takes a lot of its cues from open source practices (agility, democratic organizations, giving users tools). Like I said in the post on the Bee Board, I understand why all the marketing hype has eroded the phrase, but the concept of Web 2.0 is still very alluring.