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The web at twenty

Jay Cross

Tim Berners-Lee invented the web. The act you’ve known for all these years, The incredible, mind-expanding world wide web. Twenty years ago, pre-browser, I remember logging onto the web, not quite sure why. You had to log on to this very machine, the one in the photo, this server, because it ran the entire web.

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Web 2.0 Expo

Jay Cross

Since this is half an O’Reilly gig, I wonder why it still has the Web 2.0 Didn’t Tim O’Reilly tell us it was morphing into Web Squared ? For the free part. Exhibits, unconference, and keynotes. Register here.

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Business+Web 2.0 from McKinsey

Jay Cross

McKinsey has an insightful new study on business and web 2.0 For the past three years , roughly 1,700 executives from around the world—across a range of industries and functional areas—have responded to a McKinsey survey on how organizations are using Web 2.0 Adoption is spotty but growing fast: Companies are using web 2.0

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Web 2.0 Expo badge

Jay Cross

Across from the registration area at Web 2.0 Expo was a table offering ten different ribbons your could attach to your badge. A number of people chose “Social Media Freak,&# although “Looking for a job&# was also popular. Blank ribbons were available in case you couldn’t find an appropriate category.

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The web is 20

Jay Cross

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, on the twentieth anniversary of his invention of the web, gives a 16-minute TED talk on the future. Link data = everything is connected to everything; don’t hide the connections. Relationships to the level of mysticism. Tim is disarmingly clear; his profundities are aw, shucks, of course.

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Notes and belly-button lint from Web 2.0 Expo

Jay Cross

Introduction to the keynotes: “It’s a tough time out there and we are glad you’re with us to talk about the web.&#. The web is like a baby. Is the web baby getting smarter? Tim showed a ‘94 search engine: 250 pages chosen from among a web of 5,000 pages. “Our sponsors, __, , _.

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Web 2.0, collective intelligence, and the future of learning

Jay Cross

Yesterday in the “Blogtropolis&# room at Web 2.0 Expo , Chris Heuer signaled me to take a seat in the director’s chair alongside his for a chat. Here’s a podcast of our chat. We spent twenty minutes talking about building on-line communities, enterprise 2.0,

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