Web 2.0 Blog

One of the drawbacks of the current blogging platform is the fact that the content displayed on the page is static - it won’t update until you tell it to, by revisiting the page or refreshing the browser. Static content is also a feature of discussion boards and forums which is why it can be difficult to have flowing conversations, especially when posts are made simultaneously. ScribbleLive rewrites the ules of this publishing platform by offering its users the ability to view and manipulate live data over a network.

ScribbleLive was given special recognition at Canada’s Mesh Conference of the latest web technologies. Two advantages of this is the ability to transmit live data to viewers, with no reloading necessary. This type of communication could be ideal for broadcasting on a global scale, using a well designed platform to broadcast information. Conferences, demonstrations and up to the minute updates within communities would all be possible. Another advantage is the fact that it is written with Ajax, making it a perfect scrolling information service on mobile devices such as the iPhone.

The main requirement for this is participants however. There needs to be a decent community of users to be able to make this worthwhile, so it may take a while before this takes off and possibly replaces the standard blogging format. People can be aprehensive about changing from what they know, particularly when communities already exist.