Oct
18
2006Museum of Modern Betas
18
2006
I think what’s so overwhelming about Web 2.0 is that, unlike in the Bubble days, companies are no longer developing sites that you can use for very specific tasks (say, buying pet food) - they’re developing tools that are supposed to be used every day to improve your life. It’s hard not to feel like you may be missing out on something life-changing if you don’t know about every possible option coming online. Of course, the irony is that if you need to use 100 different web tools to simplify your life, how much have you really simplified it? The Web 2.0 “movement” will need to see some serious consolidation if it is to live up to its intended goals.
In any case, the Museum of Modern Betas tracks all the new web apps coming out of the gate and can either help you keep track of things, or overwhelm you even more, depending on how you look at it.