Web 2.0 vs Web 3.0

March 8th, 2008 Posted in Semantic Web, Web 2.0
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Web 2.0 is still alive & kicking but everyone is already focussing on Web 3.0. What is Web 3.0? Well, the old adage is true: a picture is worth a thousand words. With that said, I will let the following images and videos explain the differences between web 2.0 and web 3.0 otherwise known as the Semantic Web.

In the Beginning there was Frontpage
Before comparing Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, it might be helpful to compare Web 1.0 with Web 2.0 first. Here’s an excellent image that does a great job showing the differences:

Here’s a visual comparison of all three: web 1.0, web 2.0 and web 3.0

Here’s a really ambitious image that shows web 1.0 thru web 4.0!

webtimeline.jpg
Here are some videos that do a great job covering web 2.0 & web 3.0.
The Machine is Us/ing Us
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g&feature=related]

Here’s a straight forward explanation
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsa5ZTRJQ5w&feature=related]

Tim O’Reilly’s definition
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQibri7gpLM&feature=related]

Tim Berners Lee on Web 3.0/Semantic Web
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVFY52CH6Bc&feature=related]

Digital bazar’s explanation of the Semantic Web
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGg8A2zfWKg&feature=related]

Here’s a video showing the history of web 1.0 to present and beyond to web 4.0!

Final Thoughts:
No matter what the terms or how things are explained, one thing is certain: the future of the Internet and technology is extremely exciting! Things will only continue to evolve into more collaborative and personal ways which is great for everyone on a personal and professional level.
By the way, this isn’t the first time that Web 2.0 was given its last rites! Nicholas Carr called Web 2.0′s time of death on 11/11/06!

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Create Your Own LinkedIN Network for the Enterprise

February 21st, 2008 Posted in Enterprise, Networks, Semantic Web, social networks
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LinkedIN is a fantastic networking service for business contacts, but wouldn’t it be even more useful if you could build your own version of this service within your own enterprise? Obviously, you would start with the relationships internally among all employees and then have links to their external contacts outside your firewall to other companies, social networks and other email systems. Everything would evolve from within your internal Outlook or other corporate email system and ultimately extend to external email systems such as Yahoo, Gmail and more.

Well, you can do this and start for free thanks to Visible Path which has launched an innovative new service that does exactly this. Seeing is believing and a picture is indeed worth a thousand words so checkout their 2 minute screencast. I think you will be impressed as I was with what they do. I truly believe that they are onto something big here which will all be part of the future of the Internet and the Semantic web. Another positive move is Visiable Path’s decision to embrace OpenSocial standards which is a great sign for its future on the web as well as on the Enterprise.

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Vizster: Visualizing Social Networks

January 12th, 2008 Posted in Semantic Web, social networks
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Vizster was a project from 2004 developed by Jeffrey Heer and Danah Boyd that focussed on Visualizing social networks.

I don’t know whatever became of this interesting approach to viewing social networks, but I hope someone continues their impressive groundwork. I have no doubt that we will all see this technology implemented in the Semantic Web (aka web 3D, my term).
Yes, the Semantic Web will be mostly about A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) and smarter search engines based on more intuitive databases, but I also contend that interactive visualization will be a major component of the future of the web.

Here is a screenshot of Vizster:

Here is their Research paper in PDF format

Seeing is believing. Checkout this short screencast to get a glimpse of the future:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy0dAs2HT2w&feature=related]

I believe we’ve already started to see various forms of its implementation. Here is an example of one site that I enjoy called MusicMesh that resembles Vizster with visual nodes and links. In this case it connects music artists to their albums and songs along with a mashup of YouTube for the connected musicvideos. Brilliant use of a visual tool and mashups to deliver a unique experience and useful and entertaining result.
Notice how each click delivers numerous “intelligent” changes including: wikipedia entry for the selection, reviews, amazon listings for purchase as well as the music video on YouTube. It also displays other artists it “Thinks” you would be interested in based on your selection. This, my friend, is the heart of the Semantic Web.

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