Category: web2con2006

MySQL has been about giving structured data to structured systems. So now “their” idea is to do what Google has done and get people to open source their data, share that data, then allow the world to access it like a database. “The biggest database in the world is already out there.” Build a “skype…

Wikinomics – new book. How mass collaboration changes everything. “After the dot com boom many traditional companies breathed a sign of relief. Big mistake.” After the bubble comes the long term deployment and the long term change. Web 1.0 was about html. Web 2.0 is about integration and the web is a computational platform. Web…

Here are some highlights from the keynotes during the afternoon sessions. Eric Schmit (CEO Google) John Battelle “Why did you buy youtube?” Schmit’s response video is a big deal and we want some of it. Google figured out how to make money from search results and now they believe they have the algorithms needed to…

Failed high school got a diploma because the army wanted him to go to Vietnam. Be careful who you listen to. They started their filing to go public then pulled it a week later. It costs 3 million dollars. Parsons called this the “Tuition for the education of Bob.” People love the convenience and speed…

John Battelle “How has the world changed and how is it going a year after the memo from Bill Gates?” Ray – It is going very well. Some people get it some don’t. Vista and Office are done – released to manufacturing. Should be out to business by the end of November. Vista should be…

Helped track down the MIT teams in Las Vegas. Corporate amnesia. Ie marketing sends credit card offer to a guy in jail who just defrauded the company. Companies have multiple database systems that need to coordinate. Data and queries are the same thing. Queries persist and you ask every smart question (query) all the time….

Robert Pepper – Net neutrality is a dichotomous false choice – tyranny vs chaos. It is not necessary to create a regulation regime, but we need a to deal with violations on a case by case basis. For example, a small phone company was blocking the ports needed by Vonage. FCC told them to stop….

Empower people to create their own social sites. I played with the beta a while back and it seemed to be decent. I believe you can download your source code from their hosted service and deploy it elsewhere. They are showing that it lets you store your own pictures, video, do your own blog, etc….

I didn’t get much out of this chat from AOL other than a new acronym – UGC – user generated content. The big buzz at this conference seems to be around that very thing – finding ways to get your users to generate content. Build the right tools and they will come and do stuff.

This morning I ate breakfast with Shawna O’Reilly from Mayo Clinic Ventures and the product manager of Web Sphere. This conference is a lot of fun. Jeff Bezos is up now. Here are some Amazon stats: 61 million accounts, 10 billion in sales, seven countries, 1.1 million active seller accounts, 10 million square feet in…