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The Next Big Thing — Why Web 2.0 Isn't Enough
An anonymous reader writes "TechConsumer has an interesting discussion about what it will take for the next big thing, and why Web 2.0 is only just the beginning. 'Realtors have been giving us the answer for years, although they didn't know it. The next big thing is..."location, location, location". Think of how we access all the information of the Internet. We do it at a desk, where wires keep us attached to a specific location. Laptops help us branch out a bit, but even then we are tied to a wireless connection. Go to far and you no longer have access to information.'"
We need Web 3.1415926!
I think you underestimate how useful this could be. Granted, people spend a lot of time in their familiar section of town, but people go to work, out to bars or coffee shops in their free time. So you're downtown at a coffee shop and you want to see a movie. Look up the listings for the nearest theater. It's bumper-to-bumper on the freeway and you want to find another route, so look up traffic. You just left the airport and you want to eat at [insert fast food place here].
My point is, people go out within their own city, and if it's a big city, you can't know where everything is.
I do agree with one point, though. I don't think it'll be the Next Big Thing. I think it will just be a thing, like all the other things that make life easier that have crept slowly onto the Internet. And if/when this kind of thing becomes prevalent, we'll forget what we did before it instead of naming our kids after it.