Some may argue with my view on Web3.0 but I firmly believe there to be dramatic differences between Web2.0 and Web3.0. In my perspective DataPortability.org is a great example of Web3.0 because it offers a lot that Web2.0 lacks. It also could be described as something that came about as a result of the Web2.0 experiences on both the programmer side and user side. For people like me who have an almost addictive tendency to sign up to brand new web2.0 companies, it would be great to keep all these services connected in some way.
So what should Web3.0 be able to do, I already kind of explained that in an earlier post. However, I didn't mention in that earlier post what level of interconnectedness should exist. It's my belief that competing web services should basically act as different front-ends to the same data. Amazon's S3 service is in some ways a great example of this, because multiple web services are hosted by them and the individual web companies don't have to worry about maintaining a complex server structure.
One thing that may sound hard to relate is Web3.0 to Virtual Worlds. Since companies have already been talking about allowing avatars to transfer from one virtual world to another, this goes right in line with what I'm saying.
WEB 3.0:
- Transferable user information (instead of signing up you just allow a new website to access your data)
- Data-synced among multiple web services (instead of re-adding images, friends, videos, and profile information it'll all be synced-up)
- User-names should be consolidated so as to lessen confusion (currently going from site-to-site means re-learning who is who)
Examples in the News:
- CNET News - Zoho to integrate with Google sign-on
- CenterNetworks - StandoutJobs Partners With Scribd
