Russell Beattie posted a great, long rant yesterday about how “Web 2.0″ doesn’t seemed to have learned any lessons from “Web 1.0.”
An excerpt:
Somehow the focus flipped from “making” platforms to “using” them. Ajax came along, Social Software and Tagging took over, RSS alone was considered an API, a few companies got bought, mobile was forgotten about completely and somewhere along the way the whole part about the “business” stuff went totally out the window. Hey, I’m all about creating useful and innovative software for your users, but if you can’t make a profit, you won’t be around long enough to make any sort of difference, and will probably cause more harm than good.
Great, great business observations all the way through. Definitely worth a read even if you have no idea what Web 2.0 is; you’ll still understand most of his points.
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