Just drop the B

A few years back I wrote that the P in P2P is people.

It got widely quoted, by O'Reilly even.

Now we need to hack and mash again, to put the focus back where it belongs because it has wandered, again.

Web 2.0 is wrong because it's about technology, and the importance of the tools are that they empower people.

Luckily, it's easy to fix, just drop the B and it makes sense again.

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m0nty_au says:

Do We need an upgrade? I thought We were perfect already. It's not people that need an upgrade to fit technology, it's technology that needs an upgrade to fit people. Thus Web 2.0 is fine.

Plus Nintendo doesn't need the free Wii publicity. :D
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Euan says:

Hope you don't mind me grabbing the graphic to spread the meme Dave.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

scriptingnews says:

You can use it, no problem -- it's Creative Commons, attribution, share-alike.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Euan says:

Doh! Should have looked ....
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Schockwellenreiter says:

Made my Day! ;-)
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

my_turn_a_space says:

How many re-incarnation we had for a hammer we still call it a hammer and we never worry about it not being user-centric. It's all about the people behind it. We 2.0, Web 2.0, doesn't matter IMHO.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

cacheop1 says:

Is it your trade mark, Dave? :-)
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

scriptingnews says:

Cacheop1 -- hehe -- no it's OUR trademark.

Wouldn't it be something if someone claimed to own "we"...
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

christophercarfi says:

I agree with commenter m0nty_au, who says "It's not people that need an upgrade to fit technology, it's technology that needs an upgrade to fit people."

So, Dave...right idea, wrong "B."

Here's my thought: What we're really doing is turning the World Wide Web into the World Wide WE.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

scriptingnews says:

Christopher, I love that!!!

And I bet TBL would too...

The World Wide We.

Yaha.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

christophercarfi says:

co-creation...happening right here! :-)
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Tom Purves says:

I love this thought Dave.

To most people on the street, "Web2.0" still meets with a blank stare. We2.0 at least moves the term in the direction of making some literal sense.

As for O'Reilley, you should trademark this one, then you could charge him (only him?) to use it ;-)
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

danbri says:

That's cute. I much prefer it to the bogus line that's doing the rounds, that "Web 2" is about people, implying that the last 15 years weren't...
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

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