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Innovation in the Web 2.0 World
Opportunity 2009
Charles MokInternet Society Hong Kong
July 11 2009
Today's environment Web 2.0
– Interactive, sharing, open Key issues
– Open everything
– Intellectual property protection vs. opening sharing?
– Social networks Security and privacy
– Building security into business process Innovation in tough economic times
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
Some of the best companies are started during the worst times: Apple, General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, McDonald's, Walt Disney, Electronic Arts etc.
Best innovations comeduring toughest economic times: IBM PCs, Apple's iPod, Campbell's condensed soup
Source: Scott Anthony, Innosight, 2009
Wall Street should not dominate U.S. Economy, says Obama
'We hope university students good in math will not all become financial traders, and some of them will work in engineering and computer industry. I think this is more healthy.'
Who are our Consumer 2.0?
Digital Natives Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants – Marc
Prensky 2001 'Our students have changed radically. Today's
students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.'
'Our Digital Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language (that of the pre-digital age), are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new language.'
School didn't teach me to read—I learned from my games.
From Computer Literacy to Media Literacy
What is Web 2.0?
Definition by O'Reilly (2005) Core concept to summarize all network behavior:
interactive and sharing Web based platform Intelligence from the masses Information becomes the new 'Intel inside' Eternal upgrades – forever beta Rich user experience Rapid response User created content (or user generated content)
Before Web 2.0, there was...
'Web 1.0 → 1.5' Top-down 'Content is king' Email was the only killer application
Web 1.0 → 2.0 From Yahoo! to Google Amazon
Long Tail Theory (Anderson, 2004)
Book (2006)
http://www.jeffro2pt0.com/images/web20logos.jpg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzC99sf2u7g
Top Concerns → Top Opportunities?
• Copyright
• Child Protection
• Censorship
• Privacy
• Digital Inclusion
• Security
• All are issues that must be well considered
• ...with social responsibility consideration
New Models : New Opportunities
Image under CC from Tobias Eigen
莫乃光 Charles Mok
http://www.charlesmok.hk
http://charlesmok.blogspot.com
