I've wrote a draft article on the NextPoint website covering information about writing a
strategic website plan and thought that it might be of interest to people here who are considering or who are already selling games they have made. This is to be the first in a series of articles, so feel free to ask any questions for me to answer in future articles.
The article can be found here:
http://www.nextpoint.co.uk/articles/website-enhancement/strategic-planning/ Web 3.0 is what I would consider to be emerging technologies and standards that we are starting to see take shape today, but have not fully matured. Web 3.0 will be at a point in the next few years when these technologies and standards mature and offer new opportunities for using the Internet. Examples include:
* Microformats - Set standards to use XML in your HTML to describe people, events, locations, etc. Upon having a standard way to describe such information, this then gives way to more intelligent web applications.
* Global data sharing - Where websites can share information about visitors to provide bespoke content based on the users unique needs. We see this emerging with social network sites like Facebook and the Open Social standard that have API's to allow websites to share information with them and make use of their resources - essentially, Facebook is already a global database that can be used to deliver information about an individual so that web applications can be customised for the user. On emerging standard is Open ID.
* Service sharing - This is where websites can share services from other websites such as in Google Maps.
* Intelligent applications - Web applications (and websites) than can tailor information to your specific circumstances. An example could be of a property website that not only suggests the best houses based on price range and location, but also based upon specific advantages to your personal situation as in nearest to a primary school if you have young children, or that has access to the most convenient routes to your work - which would also take into account whether you drive, walk or take public transport. This would be made possible through accessing public information such via global information sources such as your personal profile database (social networking site or Open ID source) and external services such as Google Maps.
* New hardware technology such as mobile phones, TV's, fridges and whatever that are changing the way the Internet is used.
In summary, what we believe web 3.0 to be is a more intelligent Internet that is more organised and of which is refined to being used in new ways due to innovations in new hardware and software technologies.
OK, very interesting, thanks for taking the time to post a summary. Sounds good as long as the Open ID has some checkboxes for "don't use my info for marketing/advertising" :-)
i gota konect my fridge to the internetz
OK, very interesting, thanks for taking the time to post a summary. Sounds good as long as the Open ID has some checkboxes for "don't use my info for marketing/advertising" :-)
You can do this with Facebook already :-).
i gota konect my fridge to the internetz
It's not as silly as you may think. Fridges connected to the Internet designed to automatically re-order food items that have or are about to run out of food stock would have a big market. Having access to recipes would also be handy for people.