Communities
Web 2.0... is it just technology? Or does 2.0 refer to the second generation of Internet inhabitants? People that live online? Children that have toys that they raise online rather than the traditional doll. People that meet online rather than in a bar or local club. Hang out with friends using social networking sites.
As a software developer I spend my share of time behind the computer screen. I use messenger, I'm still exploring whether I actually enjoy Facebook. I have this blog and a .NET blog which I post to. And as a developer I dream of developing that one website that will be a huge succes and which will magically make me rich beyond dreams...
Am I dreaming? Let's think... it only takes three steps...
Step 1. Think of concept for community site.
Step 2. Implement site.
Step 3. Earn revenue through ads.
Step 2 and 3 are relatively easy. Tools and toolkits help tremendously. AOL Userplane has a number of technologies that will help you create instant communities. These technologies can be accessed via API's to allow full customization of the user experience. Not only does AOL offer the technology, but they also offer to share revenue from ad's displayed. So the technology is not just free, it comes with revenue!
Technologies include:
Userplane Webchat
Userplane Webmessenger
Userplane Webrecorder
Userplane Desktop
Just to show how it is to implement this technology I've included a webchat control to this blog entry. It took about 3 minutes. One to sign up and create an account, one to copy and paste the Javascript generated by Userplane and then one more to improve the layout of my text :-)
So the only hard part is step 1: what site does the world need? Share your ideas! Do you feel like you're part of the 2.0 generation?
- Mark Blomsma- markdeveloper's blog
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We are a web design company adn we get on average around 3 calls a day from someone wanting to know how much it will cost to build a social network site like myspace or facebook. Well obviously its not cheap and everyone of these people either don't even have a job or can not afford the thousands of dollars ot would cost to build a site of such magnitude. What is unfortunate is all the programmers online that have the skill set to produce the next million dollor idea the just lack the vision the want. Most programmers are a little different then you typical person. Th are general very obsessive compulsive and have unexplainable view of the way life is especially when it's on a social level. Half of the are loners. I know I manage 15 programmers and everyone of them has some weird personality quirk. But I love them all them same. They are loyal. Anyway my point is this. There is a more million dollar idea that will be created from the internet but it will be by some marketing guy or some business wiz.
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