Comments on: Web 3.0: The Building Block Web

By: Mobile, Tablets, and the Need for an Extended E-Reading Experience | Science knowledge

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:52:47 +0000

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By: Kynetx Introduces the Programmable Internet – the Language of the Building Block Web | Stay N' Alive

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:53:13 +0000

[...] check it out!: http://staynalive.com" }); }); Several months ago I talked about a concept I call the Building Block Web. It’s the next evolution of platforms, with all different types of services able to [...]

By: Google Fusion Tables Could be a Game Changer

Google Fusion Tables Could be a Game Changer — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:44:29 +0000

[...] long ago, Jesse Stay wrote about the building block web. The Fusion Tables API is a perfect example of a new set of blocks that will integrate very well [...]

By: jessestay

jessestay — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:49:47 +0000

Jason, great points. While I'm sure they'd love to "be" the platform, I
think they realize there's no way for that to happen. In reality I think
they're all trying to get their hands is as many apps as possible. If you
provide more blocks, more people will use them, especially if they're the
more critical blocks (like the wheels, or the squares). They can then
provide ways to charge with payments platforms, etc. and make money off of
anyone using those blocks.
I agree with you that it needs to open up even more. We're getting there.
Facebook is providing their stream now via the openstrea.ms protocol and
has even hired David Recordon, who pretty much started some of the Data
portability arguments, to open up their platform even more. Google is
taking an open approach all the way. Twitter isn't there yet, but I predict
they'll get involved in leading and joining open standards as well.

By: jasonbarone

jasonbarone — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:43:46 +0000

Interesting post Jesse! I think you're right on, but I would hope there's much to "web 3.0" than that. I want to see 3.0 as an era of building blocks and platforms combined with better data portability and open standards. I still want to see the day where your data and content is better controlled by individual. I want to build my profile and share my content on an open system and take my profile to other social networks, myspace/facebook/twitter and it automatically displays my profile. My profile being one of the "building blocks". If I want to leave my profile, I remove it from the network. If I want to share my photos on flickr and photobucket, I connect my account it displays all of my photos. If I edit/add photos to my main account, it gets updated in all networks connected to my account. If I decide I don't like a network, I disconnect my profile and leave.

On a side note: services like Ping.fm, Pixelpipe and Tubemogul are NOT the solution. In fact, they're the exact opposite.

Where we're at now, it seems that everyone is trying to BE the platform, so they're not focusing as much on working with other platforms. Facebook is at the forefront, but should Facebook become the main platform? I don't know. They probably will at the rate they are growing. Facebook Connect is a good example of what I'm talking about.

I guess my main concern is that I hope the "building block web" will put more focus on turning the user and their data into a "building block" as well. Only a select few are doing that.

Scoble's comment about Yelp hits on this. If Facebook WAS this "main platform" and it had a review system like Yelp that I could dump my content into. I could simply connect my account to Yelp, and then Yelp could display my content. Instead, now I have to manage my Yelp account as one building block, Facebook as another, etc, etc.

From the looks of it though, it's going to be how you describe it in your post, and we'll still be managing 30 profiles.

By: jessestay

jessestay — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:49:47 +0000

By: jasonbarone

jasonbarone — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:43:46 +0000

By: The Framework of the Building Block Web – An MVC Perspective | Stay N' Alive

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:51:52 +0000

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By: Deconstructing the LEGO Internet

Deconstructing the LEGO Internet — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:57:34 +0000

[...] this week Jesse Stay, the man behind the Twitter service SocialToo, wrote a rather interesting post suggesting that in order to move the web forward to that mystical 3.0 version we need to start [...]

By: Morgaine

Morgaine — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:53:12 +0000

Wondering whether web 4.0 will let me take those blocks and host them myself. Build my own universe, kind of like Lego. Perhaps my fatigue would diminish. I’m a member of so many social networks, and frankly, it’s really too much work to keep all of them up to date. I want to hang out on my domain, push to and pull from all those networks, and keep everything synchronised. Automagically