Comments on: Web 2.0 For Everyone! http://blog.louspringer.com/2007/08/17/web-20-for-everyone/ I'm getting there. What's the rush? It's about the journey, right? Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:06:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Lou http://blog.louspringer.com/2007/08/17/web-20-for-everyone/#comment-8465 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:16:49 +0000 http://blog.louspringer.com/2007/08/17/web-20-for-everyone/#comment-8465 One of the things that could make this "computing revolution" a bit different than previous one is this social angle. It's more than a little ironic that the geek, presumed to be socially inept, stands to be better connected than many of his peers. The greatest demographic difference in usage for these technologies, like prior ones, is probably generational. Will the Web 2.0 phenomenon and impact extend outside of the workplace, more than prior evolutions? I think the extent and reach of this impact is what will differentiate it in the end. The "tsnf" reference in the cell phone commercial on television speaks to the sort of mind-bending impacts that may be in store for us. One of the things that could make this “computing revolution” a bit different than previous one is this social angle. It’s more than a little ironic that the geek, presumed to be socially inept, stands to be better connected than many of his peers.

The greatest demographic difference in usage for these technologies, like prior ones, is probably generational. Will the Web 2.0 phenomenon and impact extend outside of the workplace, more than prior evolutions? I think the extent and reach of this impact is what will differentiate it in the end. The “tsnf” reference in the cell phone commercial on television speaks to the sort of mind-bending impacts that may be in store for us.

]]> by: Jeffro2pt0 http://blog.louspringer.com/2007/08/17/web-20-for-everyone/#comment-8397 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:33:49 +0000 http://blog.louspringer.com/2007/08/17/web-20-for-everyone/#comment-8397 I think you make a valid point. You may also be interested in a recent article I did asking people how they would explain RSS to someone who is less than web savvy. http://www.jeffro2pt0.com/how-would-you-explain-rss/ I asked myself the other day, if I asked 10 random people a question about, lets say, Twitter, would they even know what Twitter was? I think maybe 1 out of 10 would know but it goes to show you that the only people who really get this Web 2.0 stuff are early adopters and web savvy people. I think you make a valid point. You may also be interested in a recent article I did asking people how they would explain RSS to someone who is less than web savvy. http://www.jeffro2pt0.com/how-would-you-explain-rss/ I asked myself the other day, if I asked 10 random people a question about, lets say, Twitter, would they even know what Twitter was? I think maybe 1 out of 10 would know but it goes to show you that the only people who really get this Web 2.0 stuff are early adopters and web savvy people.

]]> by: hernan http://blog.louspringer.com/2007/08/17/web-20-for-everyone/#comment-8303 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:42:26 +0000 http://blog.louspringer.com/2007/08/17/web-20-for-everyone/#comment-8303 Great comparison about great-grandparents and telephone and web 2.0. Great comparison about great-grandparents and telephone and web 2.0.

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