"Well, I find it exciting how now in the age of the beta (that the web seems to currently be in); beta this and beta that. The web is currently in what I’d consider to be an experimental change. It’s where webmasters and developers finally feel free to test out their ventures and ideas and just throw it out there. In the internet’s infancy, people were very excited about the potential it would promise but were reluctant and nervous. People are now more open and there is alot more freedom and development going on; consider TLDs alone with the .tv (multimedia and video) and .mobi (evergrowing mobile entertainment realm).
Now, we’re beginning to see the internet becoming an accepted social platform for more than just the business email or sending your family some pictures you took on vacation. We’re seeing social networking grow in a fashion that hasn’t been seen before; the network is as vast as the internet itself. Social bookmarking (such as Digg), social networks (such as Myspace) are part of this revolutionary movement for this social platform.
We’re seeing people powered search engines (Chacha.com) that assists users in their web searches. We’re seeing a for the people, by the people approach to the internet. A friendlier internet where we can form relationships with people who are affable and have the desire to connect with others.
Spock is an interesting example and will definitely be considered later as a marker of this revolutionary movement. From the website: [spock is] “building the broadest and deepest people specific search engine.” This supports it exactly; we’re in the midst building a social internet. Eventually, services like this will be the building blocks that come together to create a global community… we’re beyond Instant Messaging and email now."
