Leaving aside the Web 2.0 hype and the Mark Evans theory of “they funded what?” questions, you might want to consider attending a particularly good event that will give you a look into what’s happening as everybody starts building on everything else.
Mashup Camp which is being held on Feb 20th and 21st in Mountain View, California. As I type this, there are only 25 slots left. If you go to this page and look at who has signed up (ignoring me), you will see a gold mine of talent, opportunities, tier one API providers, and a host of people wanting to dive in and code it. I’m bringing bags of money.
Microsoft is also having a thing called Mix06 in March, where even more possibilities will be laid out for the development world.
In a recent post, Robert Scoble, made an interesting observation:
“You know, there’s a lot of heat and fire about the Microsoft and Google competition, but, seriously, who is the winner here? Microsoft made a few bucks by making the operating system for my cell phone. Google made a happier customer. Sounds like a win-win combination.”
and this:
“We need more partnerships in this industry, not more fighting. And where we fight needs to be done because you have a better idea, not cause you’re trying to tear someone else down”
Mashup Camp’s greatest possibility? That it will remove this problem as the province of the big guys to solve because you will be picking and choosing what pieces make the overall solution people will use. Only those that can offer up value that then allows for more value creation will actually survive.
I hope to see you at Mashup Camp.
Rick -- I'd love to see you at Moose Camp [1], tacked on to this year's Northern Voice blogging conference in Vancouver.
Interesting things do occasionally happen in Canada, too :P
[1] http://2006.northernvoice.ca/moosecamp
Posted by: Boris Mann | January 15, 2006 at 20:20