Databases and Web Services
Tim O’Reilly has started a series on what’s up with databases in the web2.0 world. One quote from Cory Ondrejka struck me. He’s moving all the internal communications of the online role playing game Second Life to web services.
I don’t think anyone really groks what’s going to happen when we fully connect to the web this way…
And I think when he says anyone, he means anyone–himself included. We’re all delving into web services and integration and delighting at what we find is possible, but does anyone get this stuff fully? We’re trying to grok this new world where apps are Internet aware and can integrate any many levels. Heck, sometimes it doesn’t even feel right to call them apps anymore–they’re like data platforms on which we can build apps, but not in the historical sense of the word.
As you can tell from my thoughts, we haven’t figured it out yet! Anyway, I look forward to being enlightened further–keep your eye on the series!
