Comments on: Web 2.0 and Jazz http://www.chausse.org/2006/01/web-20-and-jazz/ A blog about web technology and culture Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:55:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Kate http://www.chausse.org/2006/01/web-20-and-jazz/#comment-4329 Kate Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:30:59 +0000 http://www.chausse.org/2006/01/web-20-and-jazz/#comment-4329 Perfect metaphor, especially when you extend it to look at the structural similarity of Jazz and Web 2.0. Robert Frenay has a great post on <a href="http://www.pulsethebook.com/the-new-biology/18-jazz-ecology/" rel="nofollow">Jazz Ecology</a>, which correlates the fluidity of jazz music to the history of science. Both he says, are products of ecology -- both develop from a community of interrelated parts that work through competition towards homeostasis (the "sweet spot"). Extend this to the self-organizing community of web 2.0 users and devleopers, that in the past 5 years has evolved into an internet phenomenon. Thus, returning to your metaphor, Web 2.0 is exactly like Jazz not only because it is a niche culture, but because it is an ecological system. Perfect metaphor, especially when you extend it to look at the structural similarity of Jazz and Web 2.0. Robert Frenay has a great post on Jazz Ecology, which correlates the fluidity of jazz music to the history of science. Both he says, are products of ecology — both develop from a community of interrelated parts that work through competition towards homeostasis (the “sweet spot”).

Extend this to the self-organizing community of web 2.0 users and devleopers, that in the past 5 years has evolved into an internet phenomenon. Thus, returning to your metaphor, Web 2.0 is exactly like Jazz not only because it is a niche culture, but because it is an ecological system.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.chausse.org/2006/01/web-20-and-jazz/#comment-4073 Jeff Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:05:29 +0000 http://www.chausse.org/2006/01/web-20-and-jazz/#comment-4073 For those who want to help publicize this article, <a href="http://www.digg.com/programming/Web_2.0_and_Jazz" rel="nofollow">clicking here</a> and "digging" it will help that happen! Thanks! For those who want to help publicize this article, clicking here and “digging” it will help that happen! Thanks!

]]> By: stuart* http://www.chausse.org/2006/01/web-20-and-jazz/#comment-4072 stuart* Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:56:38 +0000 http://www.chausse.org/2006/01/web-20-and-jazz/#comment-4072 I agree with Dave I would love to see this one picked up by the larger blogosphere! I agree with Dave I would love to see this one picked up by the larger blogosphere!

]]> By: Nick http://www.chausse.org/2006/01/web-20-and-jazz/#comment-4068 Nick Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:51:55 +0000 http://www.chausse.org/2006/01/web-20-and-jazz/#comment-4068 I think the backlash has as much to do with the name as anything else. "Web 2.0" really is a bad name. You have to give Jesse James Garrett credit for coming up with a cool name for Ajax. I think you could go further with the Jazz analogy; maybe something about the inherent improvisation in both mediums, or the order that emerges from chaos. Bit I digg, I digg... I think the backlash has as much to do with the name as anything else. “Web 2.0″ really is a bad name. You have to give Jesse James Garrett credit for coming up with a cool name for Ajax.

I think you could go further with the Jazz analogy; maybe something about the inherent improvisation in both mediums, or the order that emerges from chaos.

Bit I digg, I digg…

]]> By: Dave http://www.chausse.org/2006/01/web-20-and-jazz/#comment-4066 Dave Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:05:07 +0000 http://www.chausse.org/2006/01/web-20-and-jazz/#comment-4066 Oh, and I totally loved this article. Well-written, with great analogies - I would love to see this one picked up by the larger blogosphere! Oh, and I totally loved this article. Well-written, with great analogies - I would love to see this one picked up by the larger blogosphere!

]]> By: Dave http://www.chausse.org/2006/01/web-20-and-jazz/#comment-4065 Dave Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:02:19 +0000 http://www.chausse.org/2006/01/web-20-and-jazz/#comment-4065 I like your new Web 2.0-related "add to del.icio.us" and "digg it!" links - very haute couture! I like your new Web 2.0-related “add to del.icio.us” and “digg it!” links - very haute couture!

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