Uno de Waal Blog

Om Malik has a couple of pretty key insights into the way the web is moving, he highlights 3 trends that are becoming prevalent – the Read link tells you a bit more about the thinking behind each:

1. The web is transitioning from mere interactivity to a more dynamic, real-time web where read-write functions are heading towards balanced synchronicity. The real-time web, as I have argued in the past, is the next logical step in the Internet’s evolution. (read)
2. The complete disaggregation of the web in parallel with the slow decline of the destination web. (read)
3. More and more people are publishing more and more “social objects” and sharing them online. That data deluge is creating a new kind of search opportunity. (read)

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I definitely agree with Om on those specific trends, but I see it happening because of different reasons. For example, the destination web is a trend I see happening partly due to the increase of niche content, but also because of the Constellations not Destinations theory that I’ve mentioned before. Om’s posts definitely have an impact as well though.

Publishing is also become easier now due to an immense breakdown in the barriers to publshing. While social objects are still few and far between, plus we haven’t really seen any social objects outside of their habitats.

But this in another post in another day.