September 18, 2008
Web 2.0 evangelist gets real

Finally. Enough with the social networks and ad models...

O'Reilly: Stop throwing sheep, do something worthy | The Social - CNET News

"(These are) pretty depressing times in a lot of ways," O'Reilly said in an address that first had looked like it would simply be a starry-eyed discussion of enterprise opportunities for Web 2.0. "And you have to conclude, if you look at the focus of a lot of what you call 'Web 2.0,' the relentless focus on advertising-based consumer models, lightweight applications, we may be living in somewhat of a bubble, and I'm not talking about an investment bubble. (It's) a reality bubble."

Posted by Dave at September 18, 2008 06:56 PM