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Radar scan 

A journalist friend asked me for some things to watch in the online world. Here's what I came up with off the top of my head:

1. Internet TV

BitTorrent, YouTube, Blip.tv, Toodou, MetaCafe, Google Video, the 'Venice project'

2. Webware
Writely, DabbleDB, ZohoWriter, Stikkit, Wikia

3. Aggregators
Netvibes, Google Personalized Home, Vox

4. Places
World of Warcraft, Second Life, SketchUp

5. Recommendation-based music
Last.fm, Rhapsody

6. Mobile 2.0
Fon, Wi-Fi handsets, Skype Mobile

7. Lightweight project management
Basecamp, Writeboard, Campfire

8. Open IM
Jabber, Meebo, Google Talk

9. Presence
Plazes, Twttr, Jaiku

10. Shared calendars
Upcoming, Eventful, Meetup, Google Calendar

11. Structured data
Microformats, Google Base, Thinglink

12. Classfifieds
Craigslist, TheAdCloud, Google Local

13. Toys
Stardoll, WeeWorld

14. Customization
Etsy, Threadless, Spreadshirt, MooCards

Phew... what did I miss?

August 14, 2006



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The earliest signs of 'mobile 2.0' for me would seem to be as a shared photo platform:

http://radar.net
http://www.shozu.com
http://zonetag.research.yahoo.com
http://meaning.3xi.org

Significant because it brings together lots of forces: cameraphones replacing digicams, social software for the illiterate masses, early signs of ubicomp...


Posted by: Timo | 14 Aug 2006 12:04:02



Good point - I fully agree.


Posted by: Jyri Engeström | 14 Aug 2006 12:43:49



For 9. Presence I'd add Imity which is in your sidebar delicious list.

-- John


Posted by: John N Ipsen | 14 Aug 2006 14:02:44



Verkkokakkonen? ;-)


Posted by: Janne | 14 Aug 2006 14:26:38



Thanks for the mention of blip.tv - and cool blog! Maybe we should get you to start a videoblog :) Dina (dinaATblip.tv)


Posted by: Dina | 15 Aug 2006 00:30:19



Thanks. I recently geared up at Globalmediapro so I'm playing more with video now too. The Aula videos were a first stab - the credit there goes fully to Merci Hammon and Justin Hall.


Posted by: Jyri Engeström | 16 Aug 2006 05:35:16



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