Web 2.0? (Good things are happening)
Well, I went to a NYSIA event yesterday called "Web 2.0: Wave of the future." It was a panel with Dennis Crowley (Founder, dodgeball.com), Joshua Schachter (founder, del.icio.us), Fred Wilson (Partner, Union Square Ventures), Bob Wyman, (co-founder, PubSub). I'd never been to a NYSIA event before and was somewhat enticed by the title (although we--Jason and I--really hate the "Web 2.0" term... I think Fred Wilson summed it up fairly well by saying something along the lines of: It's sad... but it's where we are) and the chance to meet some other entrepreneurs in NYC.
In the end, while there were some funny bits and entertaining exchanges... I'm not sure what really came out of it. One thing that Joshua Schachter said stuck in my mind. He was responding to a question about dealing with people misbehaving on del.icio.us by creating fake tags, etc... and he said that there are always people trying to do some type of "attention theft"... which is really just advertising in a fairly malicious way. And that is both true and sad. Fred Wilson seemed to have some strong opinions on punishment and even retribution which would probably make for a more entertaining panel.
Most people seemed to agree that there's been somewhat of an explosion of new web companies helping smaller groups of people (or communities) and making smaller amounts of money and that this is all good.
So, I guess I walked away with the hazy idea that good things are happening.
In the end, while there were some funny bits and entertaining exchanges... I'm not sure what really came out of it. One thing that Joshua Schachter said stuck in my mind. He was responding to a question about dealing with people misbehaving on del.icio.us by creating fake tags, etc... and he said that there are always people trying to do some type of "attention theft"... which is really just advertising in a fairly malicious way. And that is both true and sad. Fred Wilson seemed to have some strong opinions on punishment and even retribution which would probably make for a more entertaining panel.
Most people seemed to agree that there's been somewhat of an explosion of new web companies helping smaller groups of people (or communities) and making smaller amounts of money and that this is all good.
So, I guess I walked away with the hazy idea that good things are happening.
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