Web 3.0 Definition 1
Recently appeared at a conference was the following brief description of the Web X.0′s thus far:
Web 1.0: You
Web 2.0: We
Web 3.0: Me
I really like[d] that. Simple, clear and accurate. In line with my early 2007 identification that Web 3.0 could be the dawn of a new Efficiency Era.
So…
Web 3.0 Definition 2
Is my own definition.
Web 3.0 = Productivity (a long word), Efficiency (an abstract word) (orMe (a concrete simple word)). This is about personalizing the web: Web 3.0 = Personalization. I.e. it’s all about ‘me’.
Another note worthy definition I found:
Web 3.0 Definition 3
1.0 was information
2.0 was participation
3.0 is collaboration
I don’t agree with this one. Web 2.0 has been crystalised as the ‘social collaboration’ era. Which fits far more with the idea of ‘we’ as per definition 1.
Web 2.0 is both participation and collaboration, indeed they are synonyms.
Someone expressed this as: you and me working with anyone, everyone using tools that help us cross boundaries and increase conversation and collaborative action.
Then another development:
Web 3.0 Definition 4
1. You (or maybe Them is better?)
2. Me
3. We (or as Jean Russell said collaboration)
Look at the idea for Web 1.0. I do really like the Web 1.0 label of ‘them’. It’s more isolationist, which characterises the evolution of the web into web 2.0 (collaboration) and web 3.0 (personalization/’me’).
Web 3.0 Definition 5
So my own variation on the excellent ideas above is my concluding Web 2.0 definition:
Web 1.0: Them (information)
Web 2.0: Us (collaboration)
Web 3.0: Me (personalization)
First there was static html websites, created about ‘them’, other people, some company sites, etc.
Then we evolved into web 2.0, that of collaboration, or ‘we’.
Now comes Web 3.0 for efficiency and productivity… all about ‘me, me, me’
And I will hazard an extension into the as yet untold topic of Web 4.0. When I have organized ‘me’, become efficient, productive, and have things organized in my life and on my web the way I want it, then, and only then, can I really be wholly interested in You. Web 4.0 will be characterized by the focus on ‘you’.
Thus my concluding defintions of Web X.0:
Web 1.0 = Them
Web 2.0 = Us
Web 3.0 = Me
Web 4.0 = You
What do you think?
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