Comments on: Web 2.0 and Short Attention Spans http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/07/29/web-20-and-short-attention-spans/ A Canadian Take on the Web Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:58:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Aditya http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/07/29/web-20-and-short-attention-spans/#comment-6530 Aditya Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:14:20 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/07/29/web-20-and-short-attention-spans/#comment-6530 Aswath and Mark : Pownce uses Amazon S3 service to store all the files and I personally feel that Pownce will be inundated with DMCA notices once it goes public. Currently, pownce members are web-aware and hence arent uploading any copyrighted stuff but that'll change as soon as service goes public. Aditya Mhatre http://www.theindicast.com Aswath and Mark : Pownce uses Amazon S3 service to store all the files and I personally feel that Pownce will be inundated with DMCA notices once it goes public.

Currently, pownce members are web-aware and hence arent uploading any copyrighted stuff but that’ll change as soon as service goes public.

Aditya Mhatre
http://www.theindicast.com

]]> By: Mark Evans http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/07/29/web-20-and-short-attention-spans/#comment-6479 Mark Evans Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:43:56 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/07/29/web-20-and-short-attention-spans/#comment-6479 Aswath: Thanks for the info. I guess that gives Pownce the ability to comply with copyright demands if and when they come. Aswath: Thanks for the info. I guess that gives Pownce the ability to comply with copyright demands if and when they come.

]]> By: Aswath http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/07/29/web-20-and-short-attention-spans/#comment-6478 Aswath Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:36:45 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/07/29/web-20-and-short-attention-spans/#comment-6478 I don't think Pownce uses P2P technology for file upload/download. In my experiment, it seemed to me that the file is uploaded to one of Pownce's server and a notification i sent to the recipients. Subsequently, they download from the server. As such Pownce is facilitating file sharing. I m not sure they are exempt from copyright related issues because sharing is done to a limited group of friends is beyond me. But it doesn't seem to use P2P technology. I don’t think Pownce uses P2P technology for file upload/download. In my experiment, it seemed to me that the file is uploaded to one of Pownce’s server and a notification i sent to the recipients. Subsequently, they download from the server. As such Pownce is facilitating file sharing. I m not sure they are exempt from copyright related issues because sharing is done to a limited group of friends is beyond me. But it doesn’t seem to use P2P technology.

]]> By: AGORACOM http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/07/29/web-20-and-short-attention-spans/#comment-6470 AGORACOM Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:40:17 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/07/29/web-20-and-short-attention-spans/#comment-6470 Hey, Mark. Glad to see that my comment the other day helped in the creation of a brand new post on the subject. You will recall that we had a similar exchange back when you and Mathew declared that Web 2.0 had "jumped the shark". In my opinion, as things stand today, the masses haven't even seen the shark. They know it's out there - but haven't seen it yet. Case in point. I've given speeches and sponsored a couple of investor conferences lately. One of them was a Reverse Merger conference right in San Francisco. My Web 2.0 approach to online investor relations caused such a stir of enthusiasm that one delegate declared me/my company "the rockstar of the event". At another conference in Vancouver, a demonstration of my iGoogle page full of RSS feeds simply blew away everybody who saw it. Finally, I walked into a junior stock exchange this week to meet with members of the exec and biz dev teams, all of whom were aware of W20 tools but unable to understand how to deploy them for their benefit. The important thing to understand here is that a cross-section of these audiences included attorneys, fund managers, small-cap executives and regulators. By and large a very intelligent audience. Yet, I only met two people that were actually deploying W20 tools for their organizations. Why? I continue to contend that W20 "geeks" have done an incredible job (A +) of deploying great tools and applications. However, they have done an outright terrible job (D -) with respect to the following: - Providing layman demonstrations on how Web 2.0 tools work (W20 For Dummies); - Providing layman demonstrations on how those same tools can be applied to the benefit of business and individuals. Om Malik, at the very first Mesh Conference in Toronto in 2006, warned everybody about this in his morning interview. As such, I continue to say that mass use of web 2.0 tools such as RSS Feeds, Blogging and Podcasting is still 12 - 18 months away. To this end, if I wasn't busy growing AGORACOM, I'd capitalize on the opportunity and become the evangelist between W20 and the people...I see a huge opportunity. Best, George Hey, Mark. Glad to see that my comment the other day helped in the creation of a brand new post on the subject. You will recall that we had a similar exchange back when you and Mathew declared that Web 2.0 had “jumped the shark”. In my opinion, as things stand today, the masses haven’t even seen the shark. They know it’s out there - but haven’t seen it yet.

Case in point. I’ve given speeches and sponsored a couple of investor conferences lately. One of them was a Reverse Merger conference right in San Francisco. My Web 2.0 approach to online investor relations caused such a stir of enthusiasm that one delegate declared me/my company “the rockstar of the event”.

At another conference in Vancouver, a demonstration of my iGoogle page full of RSS feeds simply blew away everybody who saw it.

Finally, I walked into a junior stock exchange this week to meet with members of the exec and biz dev teams, all of whom were aware of W20 tools but unable to understand how to deploy them for their benefit.

The important thing to understand here is that a cross-section of these audiences included attorneys, fund managers, small-cap executives and regulators. By and large a very intelligent audience. Yet, I only met two people that were actually deploying W20 tools for their organizations.

Why? I continue to contend that W20 “geeks” have done an incredible job (A +) of deploying great tools and applications. However, they have done an outright terrible job (D -) with respect to the following:

- Providing layman demonstrations on how Web 2.0 tools work (W20 For Dummies);
- Providing layman demonstrations on how those same tools can be applied to the benefit of business and individuals.

Om Malik, at the very first Mesh Conference in Toronto in 2006, warned everybody about this in his morning interview.

As such, I continue to say that mass use of web 2.0 tools such as RSS Feeds, Blogging and Podcasting is still 12 - 18 months away.

To this end, if I wasn’t busy growing AGORACOM, I’d capitalize on the opportunity and become the evangelist between W20 and the people…I see a huge opportunity.

Best,
George

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