the air in Bangkok is sweeter in a dusty way.

#nct – Web 3.0

Ms Kwa spoke a bit about the evolution of the World-Wide-Web (WWW) from its humble beginnings of Tim Berners Lee where web pages were 2 Dimensional and the only things that attracted anyone were actual pictures filled with colour. One of the leading platforms of the internet was Neopets as most would re-call rushing home from school just to feed your pets, then battle other owners and playing really simple but well programmed Flash games.

Then came in Web 2.0 where the intensive integration of Flash into websites created a whole revolution of interactivity and graphically challenging visuals. Users could touch and go, touching as a contribution of work, comments, opinions on platforms such as Twitter, Blogs or Social Networking sites.  Simply put, Web 2.0 has revolutionized the way people walk-the-walk and talk-the-talk, when coffee shop banters used to be all about football games and lottery ticket hits and losses, Web 2.0 has shifted that onto a larger platform of usability and diversity.

The future is Web 3.0 or Semantic Web. Where statistics, data and personalities are analyzed and ingested into the beautiful ease of use of the web. Especially in search-engines and behavioral advertising, more specific, direct and faster information gathering platforms will enable users a whole new web experience made personal. One of the upcoming platforms is iGoogle (Intelligent Google) where more personalized results are matched to your searches based on current and popular trends in the community.

Another leap for mankind in the Web 3.0 platform is the upgrade of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) codings into XML codings (Extensible Markup Language) where huge limitations posed by HTML such as not linking product to placement are tackled and improved.

As of now, Web 3.0 is shaping the industry and many companies have already prepared themselves for the upcoming evolution. Corporations such as Apple with its iPhone and Windows Mobile 6.5 with integration of Windows LIVE have reached the palms of consumers and the web can be accessed at practically any time or place.

The future looks bleak for those without web connectivity. Thankfully, new upgrades in society has made the web a lot more accessible and affordable.

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things change, too much

I just came across this advertisement of the new Pixon2 which features a 12 megapixel camera behind the 24mm Wide Angle lens. Wow! I was amazed and disgusted both at the same time. For one, who the hell needs a wide-angle camera on their phone?! Secondly, the phone that features the camera for convenience has turned into a neurotic megapixel race that no one really needs. With such a high megapixel count, the lag for the phone would be crazy!

I will never forget what a camera shopkeeper once told me when I was at his shop. “One day these cameras would feature a 10mm Fish-Eye lens, and when they take pictures, their head would appear ‘Big-Big’!”