Web 2.0 Forum, Sydney
Today I traveled to Sydney, Australia for a Web 2.0 forum. Most of the top Aussie web 2.0 startups were in attendance, as well as an interesting mix of Australian business people and executives in the audience. I got the sense that Australian big business is interested in utilizing new web technologies, and I made a point of saying how innovative the current crop of aussie 2.0 startups are - and in the case of companies like Atlassian and Omnidrive, how successful they've been already. As in New Zealand, there are a few aussie startups that I expect to ramp up over the next 12-18 months. And I discussed how localization can play a big part in web 2.0 success in countries outside the US. Also discussed in the forum was the Web Office (takeaway: collaboration is key), how mobile technologies may make a big difference, the huge amount of web innovation happening all over the world, and much more.
Me pontificating, with microphone in hand (on the left)
All in all, I was pleased to be a part of the Sydney event and I thank Ross Dawson and his team for bringing me over. Also I met a number of R/WW readers there - and hopefully converted a few more! :-)
I want to note that Ross Dawson, the event organizer, created a very good introduction to Web 2.0 that you may want to check out. His web 2.0 framework has pretty much all the main concepts that are part of this era of the Web. Some might say that, like many other attempts at defining web 2.0, it is over-reaching and attempts to synthesize too many concepts under the umbrella of web 2.0. But I think it is an excellent overview of what is happening in this era, certainly helping non-techs to understand it.
As I concluded in my wrapup in my last turn at the mike, it is very exciting how web 20 has hit the mainstream in 06/07 - including corporations. We're only at the beginning of web startup success in Australia, New Zealand and indeed any non-US country (I also mentioned Europe, Asia and all the countries we've profiled here on Read/WriteWeb).
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Richard
Great that you were there. As well as putting the rest of us in the loop about developments in NZ, your observations on the international aspects generally were very helpful. I have been a reader - am now a fan :)
Thanks for the perspective Richard, it was useful to understand the Web 2.0 scene from a helicopter.
Richard
I'm very interested in the potential impact Web 2.0 could have on HR. Over at my blog I've written several shorts on this and would be interested in your viewpoint. Basically though I believe that Web 2.0 could deliver HR 2.0 with open source technology leading to such exciting things as "intellect hierarchies" replacing traditional organisational structures. I'd be interested in any others views that are out there.
Hey Richard,
I agree with Des -- thanks for the international flavor you bring to the blogosphere.
Do you have a standard means for Kiwi technology startups to talk to you? What's the appropriate way to request a profile of a new company?
Many thanks,
Kaila Colbin