---
title: "Web Technology Trends for 2008 and Beyond"
date: 2008-03-07
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2008"
    url: "/tag/2008.md"
---

# Web Technology Trends for 2008 and Beyond

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20090307175702im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/rww_preso_mar08.jpg)Today I gave a presentation at the [Media08](http//www.media08.com) event in Sydney, entitled: *What’s Next on the Web? Web Technology Trends for 2008 and Beyond*. It’s an overview of some of the top trends we cover on ReadWriteWeb; such as Websites becoming web services, Semantic Apps, Open Data, Mobile Web, Recommendation Engines. The presentation is available as a slideshow (embedded below). Each slide has links to ReadWriteWeb content, should you wish to drill down on a topic more.

Let us know your feedback / suggestions in the comments – I will continue to add to and tweak this presentation as these Web trends evolve. The Media08 event was run by [X|Media|Lab](https://web.archive.org/web/20090307175702/http://www.xmedialab.com/).

Note: [click here](https://web.archive.org/web/20090307175702/http://www.slideshare.net/ricmac/web-technology-trends-for-2008-and-beyond?src=embed) and then click ‘full’ (bottom right) to view full screen and enable the links inside the presentation.



**UPDATE:** There is an [newer version of this presentation here](https://web.archive.org/web/20090307175702/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_technology_trends_for_2008_1.php).

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_technology_trends_for_2008.php))*