Just read a couple of interesting articles about the decline of Web 2.0 in venture capital circles and the advent of Web 3.0

The authors describe the “killer apps” currently being offered are very similar to each other, many take after the Technorati, Gigaom or Wikipedia “skins”. The challenge with these “killer apps” is that they are still just applications stuck in the old and out-dated form of HTML or XHTML.

The authors ask, ‘Where the truly new and innovative opportunities are in the Web 2.0 landscape?’ While we have seen solutions to cost and access to distinct compiled data, the question remains, when and how do we make the transition to the Web as a true platform rather than just a clumsy way to show text?

Even with the transition to CSS and XHTML, we are still using old & clumsy conventions which you must know how to manipulate at a Developer level, if you are going to have any hope of displaying something meaningful.

I see attempts being made to solve these questions about innovation through offerings like Squidoo and the newer Blogger interface, but, I think we are still a little way out from the “killer app” status where we can provide cheap and easy access to manipulate data which is stored on the web easily and uniquely via intuitive interfaces.