web 3.0 is here (and so is web 6.0)
Topic: code, general|In case you missed the Web 2.0 bubble (that is, if you have a life AND do not live in the Silicon Valley), you are in luck. Web 3.0 is upon you!
This article in the NY Times equates Web 3.0 to the upcoming Semantic Web - the notion of data mining the webosphere. Semantic Web is something where you can search “for a warm place to vacation and I have a budget of $3,000. Oh, and I have an 11-year-old child”. That query will return vacation packages, complete with activities for the child etc. Practical AI.
Semantic Web is getting a lot of attention these days and rightfully so. It is real technology! Unlike Web 2.0 - which was, ummm, all fart and no shit, data mining the web is no trivial task. I have spent a great deal of my career in that industry and I am very excited about the prospects of the Semantic Web. If slapping the “Web 3.0″ moniker is what is going to make shit - I am all for it.
As an aside - Bladam has already staked claims on Web 4.0 (SMELL the Web. FEEL the Web. TASTE the Web). Well, brownGEEK is officially copyrighting Web 6.0 (skipping Web 5.0).
Web 6.0:The ThinkWeb TM - where you think of something, anything, and a webpage (standards compliant) is created for you automagically. If anybody else has the same thoughts, you get paid! The ThinkWebTM.