Beyond Social: Read/Write in The Era of Internet of Things
Successful products in the Web 2.0 era had a strong social element: YouTube, MySpace and Flickr were a few relatively early examples. In the current era of the Web, which began to form in early 2009, the focus has shifted from social to data-driven software. Successful products of this era of the Web will be ones that filter, structure and personalize this vast amount of data coming onto the Web.
So if I was an entrepreneur or developer wondering what to build for this era of the Web, I wouldn’t be thinking social. I’d be thinking: How can I use all of this data and build on top of it? There are incredible opportunities out there for you.
This current era of the Web doesn’t have a name, which is probably a good sign! One thing is for sure though: It’s still a read/write Web – only now you’re reading and writing data from much more than just social services. You’re increasingly interacting with “things,” organizations, governments – virtually anything that can connect to the Web.
via Beyond Social: Read/Write in The Era of Internet of Things.