Wrap-up of The New New Internet

I spent yesterday doing some live text and video blogging of The New New Internet Conference.

Here are some highlights:

Andrew McAfee on Enterprise 2.0

Web 2.0 is successful because technologists figured out what users wanted:

 1. To interact w/each other

2. As little structure as possible during interaction and use of technology

…and the result was that

3. The outcome of getting out of the way does not mean chaos

Rajen Sheth of Google - Web 2.0’s Impacts on Business

One of the nuggets that I think folks will take away from his talk was that software-as-a-service - SaaS - allows companies to focus on business and not on infrastructure. Instead of having to focus on the technology - installing, maintaining, etc. - they can use hosted services that just work.

Jason Goldberg on Web 2.0 and its Influence

According to Jason, Web 2.0 goes beyond being online…it solves business problems. He asks, “How many people have gone to the public library in the last month?” A smattering of hands raised….”how many people have searched Google?”. Everyone raised their hands. People turn to the web first.