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I have come to avoid talking about this stuff with people. The first question anyone asks me is “what is Web 2.0?” Unfortunately for the ensuing conversation, it’s a little tricky to provide a straight answer. Every time you find a neat expression for summing the whole Web 2.0 thing up, I immediately think of an exception, or three, Continue reading 10 definitions of Web 2.0 and their shortcomings What did I expect when I called Robert Scoble, perhaps the best-known blogger to have become famous for blogging? I wasn’t sure. Maybe someone very Californian. In the bad way. Anyway, he isn’t. Yes, he’s laid-back and he did use the expression ‘real good’. We only had a short conversation, but I can imagine him being a big hugger. I like that It’s taken me six weeks, shamefully enough, but I have finally read Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail. Here’s a very quick precis of the main idea for anyone just released from a Chinese prison: The internet makes it possible for retailers to increase their available stock almost indefinitely. For example, Amazon stocks 3.7mn titles whereas Jupiter Research: “The research found 77 percent of online shoppers read consumer product reviews and ratings. Viewers were found to be increasingly loyal to the stores that featured product feedback. Another survey determined that 22 percent of online consumers who posted feedback on forums tend to purchase more online.” This is the most interesting woman in the world. I need to clarify that (before the divorce papers are filed). This is the top result for the search term ‘woman’, ranked by interestingness, that I found in a search on flickr this afternoon. The picture was taken by the very talented Babeffe. What makes for John Koetsier, who runs the bizhack website, has been in touch to say that I qualify for the prestigious SLOB award, something with which my wife agrees. John’s own site is well worth a look, with a lot of clever comment about what’s going on in Web 2.0 and the meeting between business and technology. So |             | |||
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