This recent article by the talented Daniel Tenner (CTO at Woobius) got me all charged up, sometimes shaking my head at the writer and sometimes nodding in agreement. Here’s what I think of the real time web Mr. Daniel; challenges, pros and cons all wrapped up in one:

Definition

A fundamental shift in the way information is spread and shared on the internet. But as Mr. Daniel says – “At its core, the concept of “real-time web” must be about the immediacy of information flow” Well put, Sir!

Why do we need it?

Human beings are an impatient species. And as the reference article says everyone has 24 hours, no less no more. All the more reason for us being impatient, right? Personally, I want to grab every piece of information, as soon as I can, before everyone else.

Some important things to be noticed here are that I would like the information to be relevant to me interest, it shouldn’t interfere with my daily work and I should be able to quickly assimilate the whole story from snippets of real time data flowing around me.

Push or pull?

The most important point that Mr. Daniel stresses is the fact that real time web is forcing info on users and thus interrupting productivity. What is being forgotten while making this remark is the fact that the 2.0 web and all its real time characteristics with it (web 3.0?) are permission based ones. No one pushes the information on to the audience in the new media, the audience goes to the information portals and seek it out themselves.

Challenges

The challenge of mining real time data and converting it into meaningful information will be the breakthrough of the century. And we are slowly moving towards that goal, one step at a time.

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