Disruption & Opportunity
The Web 2.0 Summit focuses on emerging business and technology developments that utilize the Web as a platform and defines how the Web will drive business in the future. Now that the Web has become a robust platform with countless innovations driving its ongoing development, widespread disruptions in traditional business models are well underway. But within the chaos of disruption lies the seeds of opportunity. We'll focus on the startups and financiers tending those seeds, of course - including the second annual Launch Pad. But we'll also highlight how the incumbents are also taking advantage of disruption, or, at the very least, how they are responding to it so as to protect their market positions. Read more.
Graham Perrin on 12 Aug 09Left to right: * triangular switch to close (hide detail) or open — green switch for other user's bookmarks — amber switch for your own bookmarks * favicon of the bookmarked item * username of the most recent networker * title of the bookmarked item — font size a little greater than the norm * date or time of networking — font size a little less than the norm + save + spam? — these options appear when you curse over the date/time. When the bookmark is open, detail comprises: * highlight from the page * personal note * tags — Common Tag — as you curse over each one, its definition * popularity — the number of people who have networked the bookmarked item + overview — this option appears subtly when you curse over the number. Example Faviki overviews http://www.faviki.com/webpage/wave.google.com_28277 and http://www.faviki.com/webpage/esw.w3.org_12350 suggest that early adopters of Faviki may not make greatest use of highlights and notes, but that's a separate topic …
