bloggerbust

In the web 1.0 age, a personal homepage probably was built using Frontpage or Notepad, had a few pics, maybe a bit of text and remained static and unchanged for most of the year.

During web 2.0 the homepage evolved into a blog.  It wsa updated more regularly and contained fresh content.

So what does web 3.0 hold for the future of homepages?

A major shift is happening - all the content we create online is no longer done only on our blog but across a myriad of sites and services.  Our photos are on Flickr, Twitter, Facebook and blogs.  Instead of regular blog posts, there is a trend to post less on our blogs and more on micro-blogging services such as Twitter and even Facebook.

This major shift has resulted in our content being fragmented across the web.  Sure, apps such as Friendfeed attempts to bring all the content together - but Friendfeed is no homepage replacment.

So the homepage of the 3.0 age needs to pull in all your data from across the web, mix it with your branding and oresent it in an accessible fashion.

This new age homepage is already happened.  Blogs now containt lifestreams - a collection of all your digital creations, but this feels like tacking on a new piece of technology to something old.

I don’t know exactly what the homepage of tommorow will look like - do you?