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The FT has a nice article in today’s edition (World-wise web) which discusses the future of the web. It’s semantic, of course. It’s also transparent, as I keep saying. (“Whatever can be transparent will be transparent.”) But better to quote the FT rather than myself (emphasis mine).

It seems a fair bet, though, that some of the biggest fortunes will continue to be made in Google’s area of focus: finding and manipulating information gathered from the world wide web.

This prompted me to be inspired to offer some clarification: how is Web 3.0 (as it’s now called), different from Webs 1 and 2?

And ask some questions:
How will the needs of business (to advertise, connect, to push out competition) impact Web 3.0? It’s clearly impacted Google’s model, and since the web is not a public service (would that it were), business will clearly have a say in the future of it.

How will the nature of Webs 1 and 2 mutate in a Web 3.0 world? Will people become concepts? Will people become content? Will “documents” cease to exist?

When will the web stop surprising us? This somewhat rapid innovation of the web, and the data it contains, is leading somewhere, but where?

As always, thanks for listening.
~alex