Web2.0 is not the Web

Since web2.0 most important paradigm is the abstraction layer for application (via APIs), Web2.0 should abstract from the web world to ensure a real, profitable success in the real world.

A quick look at all the success stories in the ever-growing world wide web have made me realize the following points :

• most succesful applications/technologies have deep links with the “real world” (see iTunes through the Ipod, see eBay)
• most of the money is in the real world (or at least comes from the “real world”)
• most of our living time is spent in the “real world”

As a consequence, all web2.0 applications should be aiming at providing features for and in the real world. Think of GTD successes, media-centers enthusiasting future etc.