'Web 2.0' Category
Web 2.0, long tail, Web 3.0: anyone for the long term?
In the Autumn of 1989 I came back from my industrial training year at Eurostat in Luxemburg with a view that speech technology was going to be the next big thing. After completing my degree, I set out for Edinburgh the following year to join a new MSc in Speech and Language Processing - […]
Web 2.0, the Economies of Culture and Machiavellian Chimps
I first came across Machiavellian Intelligence and Chimpanzees over morning coffee in the staff common room of the St Andrews University School of Psychology. I should quickly clarify that there were no chimps present, the academic politics at St Andrews was no more vicious than at any other University and no animals have […]
von Clausewitz, openness, Web 2.0 and War 2.0
Leaving aside the frequent appropriation of language, it’s not hard to establish a practical and theoretical link between business, war and politics: Karl von Clausewitz, a Prussian military strategist who aimed to teach clear strategic thinking, is often quoted as describing war as an extension of diplomacy. He also said that war […]
Mobile Web 2.0: Californian greenhouse gas or a new force in emerging telephony?
Is mobile Web 2.0 a cloud of Californian greenhouse gas or a new force in emerging telephony? Andrew Orlowski’s recent Register article points to the former view, while another Register article about Nokia and T-Mobile’s USA pinning their hopes on mobile Web 2.0 paints a brighter picture. Some other mobile Web 2.0 links can […]