Comments on Web 2.0

Peepel: Free office applications in a virtual desktop

theprofessional — Wed, 02 May 2007 18:01:45 +0000

Peepel is a new Web-based office suite that’s managed entirely within one browser window to emulate the feel of a desktop workspace. Included is a word processor, a spreadsheet application, and a calculator. Multiple instances of each application can be run at the same time, and all share the same tool bar (which takes design cues from the ribbon i

The Social Technography of Web 2.0

theprofessional — Wed, 02 May 2007 17:34:07 +0000

Mac users are almost twice as likely to generate content on the web as Dell users, according to a new report by market research firm Forrester. The report, titled “Social Technographics,” identifies six different levels of social media participation on the web, and breaks down the numbers between the users of two major computer brands:

TV Broadcasters Experimenting with BitTorrent

theprofessional — Wed, 02 May 2007 17:19:43 +0000

The popularity of BitTorrent is still growing. Tomorrow a new version of the Tribler BitTorrent client will be released at a seminar of European TV bosses Geneva. Tribler is a Bittorrent client which aims to grow into a Youtube-like solution for Internet TV with torrent recommendations, search capabilities without webservers, and friends.

Better late than never

theprofessional — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:18:27 +0000

I have always been interested in new things and quick to accept new technology as part of my daily life. Through the years though, I started slowing down a bit. Take note, sit back and see what becomes of it, and then decide. The pace of things has picked up dramatically since the dawn of the internet and the principle of “more garbage can be delivered on your doorstep much faster now” is also true. Living in South Africa has great advantages, one of them is the fact that we’re always just one step behind the rest of the “developed” world. Concerning the internet, it has the advantage that we can see a sink hole and side step it. On the other hand, people tend to over compensate for that and some of the best innovations come from here too.

The web 2.0 generation of services is taking shape now and the first “fakes” are being exposed. There’s no written rules but if you take advantage of people they smell you out.

Hopefully in twenty years from now, we will have web x.x services all managed by reputable entities running our daily lives.

My journey into web 2.0 will be to discover what is out there and what difference any service will make to my life (if any). Being on the other side of the globe as where most of these things come from, will definitely play a role.

Buckle up and let’s go!