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To prove a pointAugust 03, 2006 |
marko
I've been cynical about the meaning of the term Web 2.0 to the despair of many. "There is no web 2.0 and if there is, it doesn't mean anything." Don't get me wrong, I love Web 2.0. A lot of people seem to think we're it and that means we're serving more and more customers each day. By the way, go here to sign up. I'm grateful for that. Not only for the business, which is nice, but also because I know our customers will at least get a great service or a fantastic product out of it. That's not Web 2.0. That's just me. Call me old-fashioned if I say "Customer is King". But that's my strong belief and conviction and our company is build around that. 37 Signals have asked the opinion of a number of their customers the following questions; 1. Have you heard of the term Web 2.0? Here is a list with 500 of their random answers. If web 2.0 means anything, how do you explain that not two respondents have answered the question similarly? CommentsAugust 3, 2006 08:38 AM
August 3, 2006 11:05 AM
Well, actually quite a big number of respondents have come up with a similar answer: HYPE... ;-) (Which I think is quite true...) Of course, we use the internet in a different way than, say, five years ago. But to call it a new version, as the name implies... Not really a new version, I would say. Do we speak about "Car version 33.0", because cars are different now than a T-Ford in 19-something? What I would see as a real 'new version' would be that we are able to really use the web as a working platform: use online applications, store data online in an _easy_ and _accessible_ way. That would be really be "version 2.0"... Post a comment |
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Simple: because they are all users, not developers. Web 2.0 is a term that's drummed up by the people in the industry as a conversational term, it's not ment for the consumers.