The outlook on today’s economy is tenuous at best. The impending presidential elections simply cloud the issue more for most small to medium sized businesses. It begs the question; where do you spend your dollars in today’s market? Do you allocate those resources towards employees that directly impact the revenue stream such as sales personnel, or does that take a backseat to operational efficiency and the computer network in the context of IT professionals? Perhaps it doesn’t need to be an “either or” decision.

Over the last few months I have written a weekly piece on how the Web is evolving. Taking into account the current trends in technology, and the direction in which the web is developing I have tried to define Web 3.0. At the end of volume one of this discussion piece, I think we have come a long way. To help you digest everything, I am presenting you with the entire article as How To Split An Atom’s Definitive Guide To Web 3.0, Volume One. I’ve made some editorial changes and commentary along the way. Technology evolves quickly and the online space has managed to change even between when I started this article and now.