This is a collection of articles and tips about Web 3.0. The weekend is always about idle speculation, so it’s about time that you caught up.

Before we begin, as always, I am going to define Web 3.0 for you as I see it.

Definition: Highly specialized information silos, moderated by a cult of personality, validated by the community, and put into context with the inclusion of meta-data through widgets.

Web 3.0 Refined

The World

An Introduction to the who, what, why and how of Web 3.0. It goes into depth about how we will use these new web to more easily search for information. It’s your primer guide to the future of internet technology.

A Timeline

Time Machine

I am not the first to speculate on Web 3.0. This post gives a brief overview of some of the other speculators in this field, and their opinions on what the semantic web will be able about.

Web 3.0 Technologies

What technologies that we currently use will help to enable Web 3.0? What companies are providing us with a sneak peek at what the internet’s future has to offer.

Blogging In Web 3.0

A lot of you who are reading this are bloggers, you might be interested in how your livelihood will adapt to changes in technology. This post gives you a clear look at some of the changes heading your way.

A Summary

Here is a summary of all the points I’ve previously made about Web 3.0, consider it your futurist cheat sheet.

  • Specialized Subengines for Search
  • Social Networks will be replaced by People Search
  • Your Online Presence will be Searchable, Taggable and Ordered by Relevance through Voting and Algorithms
  • Increased use of Microblogging and more Powerful Widgets to allow you to place any of your feeds anywhere.
  • Increased Integration between devices like cell phones and the web.
  • Information will be pushed into feed services like FOAF and RSS transparently.
  • Information will be aggregated by Search Engines and indexed in a human readable format.
  • Expert systems will be able to act as a proxy for you online.
  • Managed search through software agents will become cheap and available.
  • Privacy protection technologies will come to the forefront.
  • You will likely have one massive blog containing all of your feeds
  • You will be able to blog from anywhere, anytime.
  • Lifestreaming will replace typical blog journalism
  • Internet fame based around being able to tell the story of your life most effectively through feeds.

Web 2.0 Roundup

We are about half-way through my series on Web 3.0, catch up with all the posts that you might have missed and get ready for next weeks entry into the future of the web.