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The Return of Mr
Safe (like a geeky version of Inspector Clouseau, Mr Safe is one of the enduring characters of the tech blogging world... in this
latest episode he confronts his old foes Chief Inspector Funky and the evil Dr
Fork)
- Stowe Boyd on Advisory Capital (instead of investing money, invest expertise -- obviously I like the sound of this concept! I'm available of course...)
- Can Yahoo do content? (ha, I first read the bit about Lloyd Braun's idea for a show anchored by animated puppets on Valleywag -- and thought it was just a joke. Turns out it was true!)
- Steve Rubel ranks the memetrackers (I don't put any stock into the findings, however the comments are interesting...)
- Flock Browser Gets an Update (cool, I can now import my bookmarks...)
- Employee Headcounts for Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft (includes Excel spreadsheet... not sure how much use the data is, but it sure is comprehensive)
- Five Reasons Web 2.0 and Enterprises Don't Mix (interesting article that challenges some of the assumptions that 2.0 technologies are a good fit for enterprise... a lot of the obstacles are office politics)
- Podbop wins best mashup award (at MashupCamp...Podbop combines concert events from eventful.com and mashes it with band sites that have downloadable music)
- Tom Foremski: Silicon Valley is back ("it is going to be about media technologies, it is all about publishing" -- absolutely!)
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I'm not buying NetSuite/Salesforce as part of the so-called Web 2.0 thing. They're not bringing innovation to the party in the same way as consumer style mashup is doing. They're changing the delivery model which is innovative in relation to the cost models in play compared to what I call the Living Dead. Similarly, while I love Tom F to death, I'm wary of the amount of hype involved here. If we're saying media models change - well that's a done deal as far as I can tell but business is not all about media by a long stretch. Things actually have to be made, services have to be delivered.
Posted by: Dennis Howlett | February 22, 2006 5:05 AM
Oh I totally agree that business is more than just media. But I agree with Tom that media technologies are currently driving Silicon Valley's renaissance (well, that and TechCrunch).
As for Salesforce and NetSuite, I do think using the Web as a platform for enterprise (as those two are doing) is a significant trend - and innovative in its own right. I'll write more about that in future posts.
Posted by: Richard MacManus | February 22, 2006 12:13 PM
Thanks for the noticing the Web 2.0 and Enterprises, Richard. I should have included some suggestions for how enterprises could speed adoption of Web 2.0 ideas and technology. Perhaps for the next column.
Posted by: Steve Bryant | February 22, 2006 1:49 PM
The Web 2.0 vs. Enterprise is a very interesting mix. I'll have to write up my experiences on my blog sometime in the next 90 days once we finish deployment.
One of the issues is defining what makes an application Web 2.0! Is it using RoR vs. .NET or J2EE? Is it just AJAX? Is it philosophy of layout (more whitespace and non-native widgets, please)? Just hosted services - thus the above inclusion of NetSuite/Salesforce.com?
Regardless, I'm starting to hear multiple horror stories from Java and .NET guys, who have been called in to save failed or incredibly late (180 days or more) projects, bemoaning the fact that they could have re-written the entire thing from the ground up using RoR in four weeks. Eventually, THAT is what will get Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise.
Posted by: alex Hutton | February 24, 2006 9:19 AM
Hey Richard, I'm glad you agree :-)
The internet is a media technology not a technology technology. That's why the disruption is happening in the media sector (from internet 1.0). In internet 2.0 everyone gets disrupted ...
Posted by: Tom Foremski | February 28, 2006 1:19 AM