Web 2.0 and the Social Router

That's a neat concept, and a difference in marketing I hadn't thought about yet.

(luckily around here we did not get that Puppy ad!) :D

I agree to a certain point. However, much like web 1.0 (I hate those terms), a big bust is probably coming.

There are many companies building flavour variations of something that already exists, or something that's pretty much near useless to the average person. The whole point for, in particular, pointless apps (Flock comes to mind) would seem to be the hope that a big player will buy them and the owners can become instantly rich.

Don't get me wrong, the new proliferation of social web apps is great, but with plenty of flotsam.

Web 2.0 is a dumb buzzword, only used by people who have nothing real to show for but need to hype themselves.
Skype isn't Web 2.0 at all, they're not even about the web. Neither is Fon. The fact that you associate that with Web 2.0 just proves that it's a dumb buzzword that everyone associates with something else, most likely his own thing, because he thinks he can ride the hype wave that way...

Tom Foremski at Silicon Valley Watcher recently posted an interesting article about the phrase "Web 2.0".

It basically says that O'Reilly has applied for a trademark for the phrase "Web 2.0".

Actually, O'Reilly has marketed the phrase "Web 2.0" in reference to conferences on the subject i.e. they are the only ones legally entitled to hold a conference named Web 2.0 . The folks over at www.ajaxian.com had a little bit of an issue because they were in the process of organising a conference ... using Web 2.0 in the title.

Web 2.0, as far as it is technically concerned, is the innovative use of Javascript and the XMLhttpRequest function in order to bring new functionality into web applications. Or was that AJAX? It is a bit of a buzzword, but I don't think either Skype nor Fon technically qualify as Web 2.0 . Perhaps they both have this feeling of 'social interaction' and 'free for all', but I for one don't know what the criteria for a "Web 2.0" something or other is. Otherwise, pubs and taverns are the oldest "Web 2.0" services yet :) .

I have ordered, and received a Fon WIFI Hotspot device. It works. Thank you.

I was promised some Skype credits. But I have not seen them yet.

When do I get them? You have my money already.

Happy fonero
Adrian alias Spock