Archive for December, 2006
Friday, December 29th, 2006
Web 2.0 Re-examined: the Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value
The Business Value of Web 2.0 for Enterprises
A Better Way for Enterprise IT
Corporate IT has always been centered on application development and maintenance. Each evolution of computing, from mainframe to client/server to web 1.0, brings dramatically improved efficiency, significantly ...
Posted in software business model, web 2.0 | 4 Comments »
Thursday, December 21st, 2006
The tech IPO market goes in cycles, just like how spring is followed by summer, autumn and winter and then returns in a year again. A well respected VC shared with me some of his studies on the cyclic nature of the IPO market – one of the key conclusions ...
Posted in software business model | 4 Comments »
Monday, December 18th, 2006
Web 2.0 Re-examined: the Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value
The Rise of a Web 2.0 Technology Stack
The Fundamental Flaws of Web 1.0
Web 1.0 was designed for sharing and browsing hyper-linked documents. Its technology stack serves this purpose well. However, it was never meant for applications and has following ...
Posted in web 2.0 | 6 Comments »
Monday, December 11th, 2006
The Ajax wildfire makes many people constantly think about what impact it has on other technologies such as Java, Flash and .NET. Are application developers going to switch from other technologies to Ajax? I explored this subject with regard to Flash in my earlier post
The Converging Developer Community - AJAX ...
Posted in WebDev, conference | 10 Comments »
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Web 2.0 Re-examined: the Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value
Web 2.0: The Paradigm Shifts
Web 2.0 refers to the 2nd generation web that is driven by two paradigm shifts from the first generation web:
A usage paradigm shift
A technology paradigm shift
Architecture of Participation: A Usage Paradigm Shift
The usage paradigm shift ...
Posted in web 2.0 | 2 Comments »
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Web 2.0 Re-examined: the Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value
What Is Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 is the next evolution of the web that has a new usage paradigm as well as a new technology paradigm. The former is characterized by “architecture of participation” and the latter is characterized by “architecture ...
Posted in web 2.0 | 5 Comments »
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Web 2.0 Re-examined: the Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value
Web 2.0: the State of Confusion
Web 2.0 is exciting, but there are lots of confusions today, even among noted experts.
There are two schools of opinions among experts. The first school is critical of Web 2.0. This group is represented ...
Posted in web 2.0 | 3 Comments »
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Web 2.0 Re-examined:
The Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value
Abstract
This essay re-examines web 2.0 by looking at its technology stack and impact on enterprise computing, in contrast to the common consumer-centric point of view. Categorizing the landscape into Consumer Web 2.0 and Enterprise Web 2.0, the essay establishes a web ...
Posted in web 2.0 | 7 Comments »
