Living in Howell is an interesting new part of my life. It is very different from Ann Arbor. In Ann Arbor, I am very used to a bustling city town. There are shops everywhere, and there is a lot going on. Howell is geographically different. The shops are more spread out, and the people are consequently more reserved. Although Ann Arbor is a unique place.
In my business, doing web design, it is not quite the business hub that I am used to. If I had started my business building and marketing web sites for a living in Howell, it would have been much more challenging.
I still get out to Ann Arbor pretty regularly. I have to. I love it there!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Web 2.0
Ted Apostoleris facebook. The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point for the web. Many people concluded that the web was overhyped, when in fact bubbles and consequent shakeouts appear to be a common feature of all technological revolutions. Shakeouts typically mark the point at which an ascendant technology is ready to take its place at center stage. The pretenders are given the bum's rush, the real success stories show their strength, and there begins to be an understanding of what separates one from the other.
Ted Apostoleris. The concept of "Web 2.0" began with a conference brainstorming session between O'Reilly and MediaLive International. Dale Dougherty, web pioneer and O'Reilly VP, noted that far from having "crashed", the web was more important than ever, with exciting new applications and sites popping up with surprising regularity. What's more, the companies that had survived the collapse seemed to have some things in common. Could it be that the dot-com collapse marked some kind of turning point for the web, such that a call to action such as "Web 2.0" might make sense? Ted Apostoleris agreed that it did, and so the Web 2.0 Conference was born.
Ted Apostoleris. In the year and a half since, the term "Web 2.0" has clearly taken hold, with more than 9.5 million citations in Google. But there's still a huge amount of disagreement about just what Web 2.0 means, with some people decrying it as a meaningless marketing buzzword, and others accepting it as the new conventional wisdom. Ted Apostoleris crunchbase.
Ted Apostoleris. The concept of "Web 2.0" began with a conference brainstorming session between O'Reilly and MediaLive International. Dale Dougherty, web pioneer and O'Reilly VP, noted that far from having "crashed", the web was more important than ever, with exciting new applications and sites popping up with surprising regularity. What's more, the companies that had survived the collapse seemed to have some things in common. Could it be that the dot-com collapse marked some kind of turning point for the web, such that a call to action such as "Web 2.0" might make sense? Ted Apostoleris agreed that it did, and so the Web 2.0 Conference was born.
Ted Apostoleris. In the year and a half since, the term "Web 2.0" has clearly taken hold, with more than 9.5 million citations in Google. But there's still a huge amount of disagreement about just what Web 2.0 means, with some people decrying it as a meaningless marketing buzzword, and others accepting it as the new conventional wisdom. Ted Apostoleris crunchbase.
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