Why the Web 3.0 Conference Was a Success
very intersting observations on the recent web 3.0 confab at the ever amazing RWW. a lot of money people and investors were there looking for the next big thing. the three areas that popped out were:
- Scientific/technical/medical (STM) publishing,
- Market research information created from random social media chatter,
- Improved advertising relevance.
all good things that i am very interested in. the STM segment got the pull quote:
Scientific/Technical/Medical Publishing
Open-source data will disrupt traditional data publishing — in particular and immediately STM publishing — similar to how open-source software disrupted the software industry. STM publishing is a market worth more than $10 billion, so this is significant. Similar forces will play out in financial, legal, and other data-rich industries, but STM is likely to be in the vanguard for the following reasons:
via Why the Web 3.0 Conference Was a Success.
very good stuff. please read the full post.
