the future does not need us
People, have we not learned anything from moving pictures? Skynet, Omni Consumer Products, Cylons — heck, even the Borg? Do not entrust networks with intelligence. Things end poorly. Cybernetic killing machines aside,
the semantic Web, otherwise known as Web 3.0, should still scare the bejeezus out of you. Radar Networks and Spock.com, two startups in the news, show us why we need to unplug Web 2.0 before it upgrades itself and no one can stop it.
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dave winer
TIM FAULKNER — Dave Winer, web technology pioneer and prognosticator, is sharing
his vision of Web 3.0, the buzzword that was cliché before it was even coined. Unfortunately but perhaps unsurprisingly, his prediction, or rather his aspiration, has little to do with the evolution of web applications or modes of expression; instead it amounts to a detente to the self-made feud between professional journalists and the blogosphere.
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hype
SCOTT KIDDER — Yeah yeah, we've all been
Web 2.0ed out. After all, it's almost
time for Web 3.0. But don't tell Poland — they're just getting started and are "coming on strong with world class Web 2.0!"
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ny times
Page A1, Column 1 on a Sunday: the New York Times introduces the world to Web 3.0. It's "a layer of meaning on top of the existing Web" and "the foundation for systems that can reason in a human fashion."
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eric schmidt
Folks, we've been watching the news (so you don't have to) for the first instance of a major player dropping the words "Web 3.0." It's like waiting for the President to flip the bird. And this week, Eric Schmidt did it, right in the Financial Times. The Google CEO quoth:
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zdnet
This just in! One of ZDNet's crazy bloggers has finally gone too far by saying the phrase "Web 3.0" THREE TIMES IN ONE ARTICLE.
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tb-lee
It's the Law of Accelerating Buzzwords: The phrase "Web 3.0" is already creeping — no, slamming — into the language like a katana into a bag of coffee beans, spilling all meaning onto the floor. Its scariest high-profile appearance:
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