Where is the Internet and Web going from here?

I have been curious in learning more about the Semantic Web. Very interesting ideas when the network is smart enough to understand the data and metadata transmitted through it. Are we there yet? Partially, with applications like Twine and <another SW app>. We are in the middle of the Social Network era when connect with others through applications the foundation applications email and IM and the new applications LinkedIn, Facebook, TripIt and MySpace. There is not much intelligence in the Social Network but the amount of information is amazing. What happens when these two networks collide and integrate? As I discovered you find the Metaweb.

Here is a great view of the progression of the technologies that have progressed during the Internet age. It is incredible the amount of progression that has happened in the last 28 years since 1980.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:47 PM

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# re: Where is the Internet and Web going from here?

I love this topic area of sorting out what the Internet is doing with information and with people, and these two charts are good conversation starters. It strikes me as funny how you said: "there is not much intelligence in the social network yet". This is funny to me because social networks actually contain the "people" who have the "intelligence".

I'd be curious to hear what "intelligence in a social network" means to you?

Thanks for blogging!

Left by Susie Wee at 6/22/2008 10:02 PM

# re: Where is the Internet and Web going from here?

Susie -- Thanks for the comment and question. I do feel that the people behind the Social Network have intelligence or at least some networks like LinkedIn and Twitter do! :) My statement was the technology behind the Social Network and the lack of intelligence current implemented. There is a great deal of data flowing in the Social Network but not much metadata that can be used by the technology to interrogate and intelligently consume all the social data. I think that the next wave of web technologies that the diagrams show as Web 3.0 or the Semantic Web will bring this intelligence to the Social Networks. i would love to be able to have TripIt be smart enough to digest my Twitter feed and know that their is a meet up planned for in a city I will be traveling to and incorporate it if it comes from a certain type of friend. Having more digital assistants working for me will free up my time and allow me to be a better online citizen.

I value your thoughts and views. If you have more ideas I would love to learn more from you. Thanks again for the comment.

Left by Chris Woodruff at 6/23/2008 3:41 PM

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