Comments on: Web 2.0: Launchpad

By: iron oxide

iron oxide — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:17:58 +0000

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By: Gopi

Gopi — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 17:48:07 +0000

This companies dont seem too different from the online pet food stores of the late 90’s

By: Rajat Paharia

Rajat Paharia — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:37:55 +0000

Hey Jeff - Here’s the difference between Ning and Bunchball (from my understanding of Ning): Ning lets php developers modify & create social websites like Flickr, Match.com, HotorNot, Craigslist, etc. by leveraging the Ning platform. It lets users take any site created on Ning and quickly “clone” it to create their own customized version of one of those sites for their own community of interest.

Bunchball lets Flash developers quickly create multi-player networked games (and other social apps).

On Ning you build a website where people can share pictures of their pets (http://pets.ning.com/). On Bunchball you build a Texas Hold’em Poker game that people can play with their buddies.

best, - rajat

By: Manish

Manish — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 19:21:00 +0000

Re: Flock’s WYSIWYG blogging, also check out RocketPost: http://www.anconia.com/rocketpost

It’s the most advanced blog editor out right now (disclaimer, I designed it).

By: eric goldstein

eric goldstein — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:43:41 +0000

I don’t think you’re getting old Robert…a lot of these companies strike me as technology for technology’s sake.

By: Claudio

Claudio — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 16:26:42 +0000

Indeed amazing. All this related to Web 2.0, a - how shall I call it - collection of features, applications, technologies to make life easier on us.

But what’s next? Web 3.0 where all these thingies get combines and they just call it cOmbine 3.0.

But I sure wanted to be there as well.

By: Robert Feinman

Robert Feinman — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 15:06:23 +0000

I must be getting old. All these new online technolgies just baffle me. The power of hypertext markup is that you can explain it to someone in a single sentence.

“Just click on the highlighted words and you will find related material.”

If the new idea needs paragraphs to explain it doesn’t catch on. Most people are consumers of information, not producers. Bloggers and pundits, perhaps, have a better appreciation for new interactive ideas since they are in the field, but what does the gizmo do for the average person?

Blogging caught on because it is just the online analog of a well known idea: the diary or shared gossip.

I’m not trying to stifle innovation, I just hope that those coming up with ideas evaluate them as to their acceptability as well as their “coolness”.