I’m here just geeking out these maps of blogs and trying to understand the data mining potential of it all. I needed a break, so I read these articles that Brad del-ici-ated — my new verb — and then harassed me to read (nag nag nag)
Erick writes about the need to manage the never ending flow of information. He’s right! The flow is overwhelming!! I share his frustration, and echo the call for better filters. I’ve written about the need for complex filters and even said that filters don’t solve my problems. But I disagree with his comment about less data. I see it as presenting the data in a form that can be consumed quickly, and in large quantity. A picture should be worth a thousand words (or feeds!). I wonder if that is this what he means by his use of the term Web 3.0?
This is in fact our core rationale behind wanting to graph feeds. I agree, using tools to reduce the noise of the web can be as much of an aid as a hindrance. If it’s not useful to cut through the clutter, the tool may be creating more of a problem than it solves. Bscopes is our effort to solve this problem for ourselves. Erik says: “Please? I need help.”, Brad says: “Yes, you do”, I say: “I’m on it!”
But I don’t see it as a problem, I see it as being more effective. If I want to catch up on reading, I open my reader and see 90 minutes of effort and I only have 15 minutes available. I can never catch up!
Clearly, I need to be more efficient as Ryan points out making Web 2.0 more efficient is what Web 3.0 should be about. I haven’t seen this as a consensus in the community writings, but if he’s right, Bscopes fits into the Web 3.0 genre. How’d that happen?
We intend the concept of a Bscope to help navigate the blogosphere. Not by providing less data, but by managing, digesting and presenting the data for consumption. The idea is to bring order from chaos. If that’s what you are defining Web 3.0 to be ……….. then yes, Bscopes is Web 3.0!
I hadn’t considered Web 3.0 until now. Maybe I should read more…
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