Well, it used to be called "The Information Highway", and the name still fits.
What comes
After The Web?
What is the Web?
The internet was, and is, an outdoor public transport system.
What comes
After The Web?
What is the Web?
The Web is a layer of signage and markings that finish the transport layers.
What comes
After The Web?
What is the Web?
Really, they're all transport layers. The Internet and its Web, including Web 2.0 are all highway, all outdoors, all the time.
What comes
After The Web?
What is the Web?
So what do we do after highways are built? What are highways for?
What comes
After The Web?
What is the Web?
We use highways to bring us to indoor spaces that are built for particular purposes. They're called...
What comes
After The Web?
What is the Web?
... VPNs? Tunnels?
Portals?
Networks?
What comes
After The Web?
What is the Web?
Of course not. They're called...
What comes
After The Web?
What is the Web?
Buildings.
What comes
After The Web?
What is the Web?
Outdoors is fine for some things...
What comes
After The Web?
What is the Web?
Outdoors is a ridiculous place for other things...
What comes
After The Web?
What is the Web?
Here's what happens when we try to do indoor things outdoors...
We break the Internet.
What comes
After The Web?
What is the Web?
What comes
After The Web?
What is the Web?
The Mobile App revolution is a step toward indoor spaces. Apps are governed. But by whom? To benefit whom? Let’s take a look at how we know that a physical indoor space, that is, a building, is habitable.