December 2, 2005

Web 2.0 DNA

Michael Arrington

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Brandon Schauer’s post and associated PDF historical timeline is an excellent resource to put web 2.0 companies into perspective and to understand their place in the overall ecosystem. I’ll be referring to it often in TechCrunch posts. More on CrunchNotes.

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  1. Nathan

    I was gonna do something similar as part of my dissertation, I guess I’ll have to build on that one now! :) Very good approach and clearly helps you understand the current transition we’re witnessing. Maybe some hints as to where we’re heading as well…

  2. Enric

    Have you seen 37Signals snarkish take, “Heckling Adaptive Path“?

    ;)

  3. Dan

    I think you misunderstand ’snark’ (snarkish doesn’t appear to be a word). Snark means ‘to be bitchy’. I’m assuming you meant something similar.

    37signals wasn’t exactly being bitchy. Their point was that Adaptive Path was incoherent and filled with marketing speak. If anything, 37signals was pointing out the ‘Dilbertesque irony’ of Adaptive Path’s article.

  4. Mark

    That’s the most blowhard piece of writing I have ever read. I didn’t realize it only took massive use of buzzwords to become a “senior practitioner.”

  5. Michael Arrington

    Wow. Blogospere is a bit pissy today. I think its an incredible document, thoughtfully distilled.

    Adaptive Path has been involved with some amazing products, and their internal Measure Map is the best blog analytics tool out there. They have real world experience and build great stuff.

    I’ll ask the question that others ask me all the time: did you take the time to read the document carefully before you slammed it?

  6. Enric

    I just thought the article was humorous. A value judgement wasn’t intended. But I can understand that this may not be the venue to interject humor.

  7. Bob Aman

    I contest the definition of “snark” as “bitchy.”

    See UD.

  8. Stonehead

    I’m a non-believer.

    Just like Web 2.0 is a stupid label for a collection of buzzwords, this PDF entirely misses the point. It’s all about companies. If you’re going to observe the real evolution that’s going on anyway, it should be about the things that make websites applications.

    I guess I should be happy that there’s no podcasting company to mention in this PDF.

    Yet.

  9. Big Dog

    I think this was very informative despite the fact that it “misses the point” which I tend to agree with. Anyway, the debate on what IS web 2.0 is kind of getting old now.

  10. rado rohal

    its joke, very humorous