The Open Web

Here comes a beaut! shouts my dad. I can remember spending hours in the sea of Donegal belly surfing as a kid. The sea is open. The waves keep coming. Each one different, raising with it fresh atlantic excitement.

I was tipped off with a nudge from Greg McVerry on this one. What is the open web anyway? Maybe the contrast with the closed web is helpful: platform silos, sticky enough to ensure our dependence on them, with the primary intention of creating maximum value for their shareholders. Develop the Intellectual Property and maximise the revenue streams. Oh, and if we can change the law to make our position stronger, then we should…