A perspective on web 2.0


	A perspective on web 2.0

egoldstein

11-8-2005 12:19 AM

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web 2.0, clipmarks, masthead, venture capital, delicious, david beisel, internet, hype

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I know many internet-savvy people who aren’t completely “plugged in”
who consistently ask me what this buzz is about. Take the poster-child
Web 2.0 startup, <a href="http://del.icio.us">delicious</a>. Its
widespread acceptance in the digerati crowd has put it at the forefront
as the strongest and most accepted platform for social bookmarks. I
personally use it because of this fact. But its reception outside that
circle isn’t as favorable. Take <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1875208,00.asp">this PC magazine round-up</a> which rates it the <em>worst</em>
(1 ½ out of 5 stars) of an entire field of social tagging related
services. Clearly there is some disconnect here. (Other upstarts like <a href="http://www.clipmarks.com">Clipmarks</a>
have a compelling offering, and the “mainstream,” or at least one
indicator of it in this case, notices and promotes that fact.)</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E59D607C-B3B9-46CB-97E0-FFEF88A06E24/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>