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The 2.0 Cents » Blog Archive » The Conference — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:38:31 +0000

[...] So the Web 2.0 Conference hosted by O’Reilly is just finishing up today. Om Malik posted some updates from the conference here and here on his weblog. If you’re not sure what this thing was all about, the continue reading. [...]

By: Fractals of Change

Fractals of Change — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:16:20 +0000

Bubble 2.0 – Introduction

Bubble 2.0 may be upon us. Lots of smart people who were at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco last week think so and they ought to know. See Fred Wilson here, Brad Feld here, and Om Malik here. New companies are forming like mushrooms in the wood…

By: Genuine VC

Genuine VC — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 02:18:56 +0000

A Healthy Skepticism about Web 2.0

The strongest impression that was made on me during the Web 2.0 Conference last week was that of enthusiasm. People are excited about the new developments, the new opportunities, and the new creation cycle that is currently happening in the Web 2.0 spa…

By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 04:16:44 +0000

“… described as Google Maps meets delicious, and another described as Skype meets MySpace.”

My new company is going to be like salt meeting pepper.

By: Khabri

Khabri — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 22:41:26 +0000

I am glad you bring them in Black and White.

By: Phusion

Phusion — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 21:31:28 +0000

I too went from Alta Vista to Google, who needs yahoo anyway?

By: Steve Citron-Pousty

Steve Citron-Pousty — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 19:23:55 +0000

Fred wilson’s quote reminds me of the consistent line in “The Player” …
Think of Pretty Woman meets Out of Africa
or
Basically, it’s The Gods Must Be Crazy minus the Coke bottle and plus a TV actress
and every movie has to have Julia Roberts.

Go ahead and swap terms like folksonomy or tagging or ajax and Products like MySpace and Skype

By: Junto Boyz

Junto Boyz — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 19:01:54 +0000

MORE FROM WEB 2.0… THOUGHTS ON UPCOMING.ORG

Anyway, last link, Om with his latest, “And 5 More Things About Web 2.0 conference”

I agree with Om’s point on “Revenue Models what is that?” As I posted before, the problem with many of these cool tools are just that. They are only tools and…

By: MIT Dude

MIT Dude — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 16:28:22 +0000

Excommunicate Om?

That will be exc-om

By: The Stalwart

The Stalwart — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 09:34:10 +0000

Awesome. Keep talking like this, Om, and you’re gonna get excommunicated from the Bay Area.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 09:00:32 +0000

Someone should ask Metcalfe about that “Linux will fade away soon” prediction.

By: pb

pb — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 08:15:51 +0000

"Maybe we need Mary's hocus pocus" Maybe we need Mary's hocus pocus like a hole in the head, Om. At least some folkaren't drinking the Kool-Aid. Nice point about broadband.