The Web 2.0 juggernaut: Two notes of caution
Monday, March 6th, 2006
Steve Borsch posts a list of 907 Web 2.0 links 
and ponders what he considers a central problem of the web 2.0 phenomenon:
I can’t even get through a list of 907 links like this one…let alone decide upon who will survive and be worthy of my attention…. which of the collaboration sites can I either use or recommend to clients (e.g., Basecamp, Foldera, Joyent, Rallypoint, ProjectSpaces, StikiPad, et al) will still be with us a year or two from now?
Bouncing off that post, Working Pathways suggests that the lack of integration between Web 2.0 services and users’ computers is another weakness:
Some client-level integration with the customer’s machine increases productivity, usability, and usefulness. I’ve just signed up with Joyent and was disappointed to find out I couldn’t connect their calendar, email, address book, and files to my local versions.
The support costs are therefore cheaper for Web 2.0 companies, he argues, but this lack of integration leaves him exposed to server downtimes and the inability to get at his data without an Internet connection.
He uses Mail.app and NetNewsWire instead of the hosted versions for just this reason.
Tags: Apple Mail, basecamp, Foldera, Internet, joyent, links, mail.app, Productivity, Rallypoint, web 2.0