DISQUS

Lee · 2 years ago

Thanks Sean. I found that Coach Wie article interesting. He lists 5 reasons business leaders should care about Web 2.0 and social media/community is not listed once. He is all about efficiency through ajax integration, rich applications, etc. All good points, but all about building better web apps - what about people? What about competitive advantage through stonger relationships? What about the impact of user generated content? Then, of course, I read his bio:

"Coach Wei is the founder and CTO of Nexaweb (www.nexaweb.com), developers of the leading software platform for building and deploying Web 2.0 and AJAX applications."

Ahh. I see. Web 2.0 means different things to different people.

Sean ODriscoll · 2 years ago

agree...his list comes up short of comprehensive, but I do agree generally with what he has and I kinda respect the obvious appeal to fear he uses:)

Actually the one he has I have never discussed is caring about your technology team. While I'm not sure this is a great reason in and of itself - it is valid. I'm not an IT guy or a developer, but working on "cool, relevant, new stuff" is key to talent retention. It's not really a good reason to do web 2.0, but it is a delightful by-product.

sean