2005 2.0

bordalix — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 10:06:00 -0500

Everybody is trying to make a list of important things for 2005. Well, I was to, but decided to simply label it the "2.0 year". New business models are building from the peer-to-peer social model found in the net, and from the ability to explore the long tail of the market. In the first, digg became bigger then Slashdot, del.icio.us was bought by Yahoo, and wikipedia and folksonomy became part of our lexical.

On the second, iTunes Music Store proved to be a huge business success, eBay paid several billions to have Skype, and everyone is trying to take a piece of the AdSense pie. Maybe the best presentation summarizing all this, was made by Brandon Schauer, check is sources (in the PDF) for further reading.

But this year was also the year of Ajax, JavaScript frameworks and mashups. The web is now easier to use, easier to develop, and the API business model is growing rapidly, as stated by the growth of the mashup matrix. For an excellent example of a mashup, take a look at BlockRocker (GoogleMaps + Amazon + Craigslist).

Well, 2005 was a good year, hope 2006 be even better to everyone.

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bordalix — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:04:00 -0500

Back to work, just to find out that I have +1600 feeds and +400 mails to read. Meanwhile, some news are to important to be kept unnoticed. Please the forgive me the lack of opinions, I'm running against the clock here:

Yahoo bought del.icio.us, and is experimenting with behavioral ads;
Skype launched is version 2.0 (now with video);
Dion released is "The Best Web 2.0 software of 2005" list;
Still in the Web 2.0 context, ZDNet has writes about new services and business models;
And finally, after all the work I had with my calendar solution, Rui points out Chandler.

The place João Bordalo calls home: Tag del.icio.us

2005 2.0

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