Web 2.0 Feedback

The First Tuesday event held on 3 April 2007 was well attended by geeks, media folks and general interested parties.

There is no doubt that the use of web 2.0 technologies is going to have an impact on the use of the internet and the intranet. All the millions of "wanna-be" journalists have found a way of making their voices heard by blogging.

The number of blogs (and new blogs - daily) is staggering...

Stories about the power of blogging and bloggers made interesting conversations - large enterprises are having to take note of the use of their brands "in vain" as discontented customers vent their frustrations online. Online brand management now requires a daily review of what is being discussed in various well frequented blogs, as well the "Joe Average" blog that gets picked up by the search engines.

But blogging is only one of the collaborative toolsets that typifies Web 2.0, all the major software companies (e.g. IBM, Oracle, SAP) have started to make noises about their Web 2.0 efforts. Lotus Notes has a good claim on providing the original collaborative environment - but like many good things - may have been a bit ahead of its time.

Web 2.0 and open source software are fast becoming entwined and the use of the Creative Commons license agreement for the release of open source software is the prefered manner of protecting the spirit of collaborative software development.

It's great to see the "internet' making a comeback as a serious tool for both individuals and enterprises. For those of us that survived the dot com crash, we're hoping this is not another boom and bust cycle - but rather the foundation for a totally connected world.

regards

Mike Wright
First Tuesday Executive