Sites like these make me wish I spoke Swedish.
Two excellent examples of how rich internet applications (in this case Flash based) can revolutionize the shopping/merchandising experience on the web.
Schadenfreude 2.0
The blogosphere has been exhibiting a bit of Schadenfreude 2.0 over the demise of WalMart’s “The Hub” site, which until recently was found here.
Business Value of Interaction? – The more the better
This post on the Enterprise Web 2.0 Blog – “Where is the Business Value in Enterprise 2.0?” is a very interesting exposition of an article in the McKinsey Quarterly, “Competitive advantage from better interactions.” (registration is required to read the McKinsey Quarterly).
The authors (of the article, that is, not the blog post – both are well worth reading) begin with the assertion that collaborative, complex problem solving activities are critical to modern companies, and argue that “companies that make these activities–and the employees involved in them–more productive will not only raise the top and bottom lines but also build talent-based competitive advantages that rivals will find hard to match.”
Fair enough, but what’s this got to do with Enterprise 2.0?
The beating heart of the internet? Social connections
I’ve long been a big fan of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, if “fan” is the right word to use for an independent, non-profit research organization. I’m always eager to see a new Pew report or presentation released.
Last week they published “Riding the Waves of ‘Web 2.0’” which “provides a short history of the phrase, along with new traffic data . . . to help frame the discussion.”
Creating influence in the next generation Internet
I just came across this post on TechCrunch today. It’s quite smart, though I think they mis-titled it (“Use Case: How Companies Can Use Photosharing Correctly“).
It isn’t about photosharing at all, but about how Nikon basically leveraged Flickr to locate a certain number of photographers it felt were talented, sent them some new products, and created an ad campaign around them.