Web 2.0 Idea: Online Research and Writing Tool
A while back I was reading up on Web 2.0; I even bought an book that discussed the concepts, feature-sets, designs, programming languages, etc. In fact, it weren’t a bad book!
I then began looking at and comparing typical Web 2.0 sites – interesting stuff. And as I do, I jumped in to the future and tried to get a glimpse of Web X.0 sites… and WOW! A typical blog is seamlessly integrated with video, audio, and flash, AI-based search functions with novel features like ‘Ask a Question’, ‘Top Tips’, etc, integration with similar blogs (content sharing), and unparallel user experience compared to today.
Now back to reality. I remember watching one of John Reese’s videos fairly recently where he states something like, “the time to act is now, build top-notch authority sites… and easily out-compete most competitors because there’s so much crap on the internet”.
Never truer words spoken! There is a lot of crap on the Net.
So, I was thinking about creating my first Web 2.0 site and I came up with an online research and writing tool, with a typical Web 2.0 user-interface supported by AJAX, and obviously a database driven backend.
So what will this site/tool do? Simply put, it’s an article research and writing tool. Type a few keywords into an edit box and click one of a number of options, the tool then finds related images, text (complete articles, paragraphs, or just sentences), audio, video and relevant links. All the retrieved info is stored in boxes that can be moved around like a Windows desktop. Such a tool could dramatically cut down the amount of time it takes to research and write articles. As for potential users… many millions without even considering other languages!
Perhaps the owner of http://www.uwrite.com/ is open to offers? (BTW, it’s not my domain.)
hey that sounds awesome… i have a domain http://quizzems.com that i am developing a web 2.0 site on….it is a mashup of all the different q and a sites, along with relevant content from wikipedia, youtube, etc…
i also have been thinking about “web x.0″ and how awesome it would be to be at the forefront of that movement. enough hard work may just get me there!
I think the word web2.0 is just a gimmick/sales speech. The web has been expanding to be easier for people since day 1… and it will continue to be easier in time to come.
Sounds cool. Thanks for posting. Not sure if you’ve seen this yet (it’s from ‘06) but a good outline of emerging Web 2.0 trends nonetheless:
http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=495475
@Zelune - I felt the same way about the term…in fact I still do somewhat. It’s helpful though in business because of its marketability so unfortunately I had to accept and learn. It can actually be turned into quite a profitable service offering though and it’s easy to sell (especially to existing clients). What’s nice about it is the awareness marketing is already being done for you (like it was and still is with SEO). For example, larger companies are starting to ask for Web 2.0 strategies having NO idea what Web 2.0 means. If you’re already a vendor, it’s very easy to say, “hey we’ve got that covered, here’s the bill.”