Linking together a couple thoughts; since “we form ourselves more by the routes we take than the destinations we reach”, the realtime web will force us to redevelop our broken systems and change our routes throughout the web…

Michael Lewkowitz, The real-time web. Game on!:

The result [of public micro-messaging] is streams of succinct, interest-driven messages that create relevant, real-time context around every account, topic, and object they reference… which effectively means anything and everything. With that comes an increasing expectation that the web will orient itself around each person, topic, or object based on it’s history and real-time context.

… So now what? For me, there are 2 things. First, for the real-time web to reach its full potential we need a neutral, platform-independent application infrastructure and public dataset. Second, this will be the fastest evolution we’ve ever encountered and with that comes an unprecedented opportunity to seed a whole new wave game-changing ventures.

Continuing the conversation, my comment:

Creating a solution that cuts across platforms is critical.
The current slate of micro-messaging applications and platforms is just the start; many more websites and social networks will create micro-messaging applications. Combining information and conversations across silos will be critical to creating real context / relevance; creating ways to combine #hashtags from across the web is a tremendous opportunity.

The realtime web will force us to change how to consume information.
We’re stretching 1) the technology behind the communication systems we created and 2) the human potential for processing and understanding information. Breaking points are powerful stimuli for innovation

Our ability to understand and experience has yet to catch up with our ability to create. I’m not kidding; developing better ways to experience and use the realtime web is key to developing “personal APIs”.

But that’s just theory and questions; looking forward to solutions and answers…

Continue the conversation over at Lewkowitz’s original post on the opportunity of the realtime web…