My biggest problem with the internet is its size. There is so much information out there, but sometimes I just can’t find what I want. The companies who add the most value are the ones who deal with this. The obvious one is Google, who allows you a targeted way of searching for what you want. Another is delicious (who has finally removed those pesky dots from its name) which allows you to share bookmarks. But can we go a little further to turn the large quantity of information out there into quality?
The wisdom of crowds
While reading about a presentation at Agile 2008, I stumbled upon a theory by James Surowiecki, professing that groups can often make decisions that are better than those made by any single member of the group. Digg and Reddit already make use of this by allowing the collective web audience to highlight and vote up pages they find valuable. But why not extend this to all users and all pages, building it into the way we use the web?