I just read this post on Seth Godin’s blog. It’s all about Web 4, or at least Seth’s vision of what Web 4 could be. Now I’ve been talking about Web 2.0 over the past few months with some of my friends and family. But Web 4 goes beyond the social networking aspects of Web 2.0 and brings the Internet and converged service to a whole new level.
Imagine (if you will) a world where your phone knows where you are, and has the intelligence (or at least the ability) to tell you that there is a sale on your favorite brand of coffee at the little boutique you are about to pass. Or, that one of your friends is at the movie theater you are about to walk in to. Or, your search engine learns about your habits, and introduces you to other people with similar tastes.
Bits and pieces of this are already happening. And it’s just a matter of time before a lot more of the puzzle is ready to go. The pace of technological innovation is accelerating, and a lot of it is due to people opening up and sharing information so that others can build on their work, instead of keeping all the innovation to themselves.
Check out Seth’s blog, and be prepared to have a rather pleasant awakening.
Later,
Chuck
