Web Squared: Web 2.0 Five Years On — Tim O'Reilly, CEO and founder of O'Reilly Media, and John Battelle, founder and chairman of Federated Media Publishing, discuss where the Web is headed in the post Web 2.0 era. "Increasingly, the Web is the world--everything and everyone in the world casts an 'information shadow,' an aura of data which, when captured and processed intelligently, offers extraordinary opportunity and mind bending implications," explain the authors. "Web Squared is our way of exploring this phenomenon and giving it a name." They're also looking to create a list of applications, services, and projects that reflect the Web Squared theme and want your input. Read more.