In the past I have preached the benefits of using RSS to organize your daily Internet reading. A few months ago, Andrei Petrik wrote a great article titled “RSS Not Dead” and I was a strong supporter of his position. Oh how times have changed for me! I sit here staring at Google Reader for the first time in over a month with 5000+ items to read. Does this mean that I have missed the boat on many great articles? I am sure that I have, but as I get busier with work I have been using Twitter as a filter for my information intake.

Again, I am sure that I am missing quality articles, but I have found that the individuals and organizations that I follow on Twitter generally provide me with the cream of the crop. I have also found myself spending extended periods of time on new-to-me websites, masked by various URL-shorteners, that I would have previously passed aside.

Is RSS dead? Hardly. Has Twitter changed the way articles are shared? Absolutely!

After plenty of years of photography I finally decided to board the Flickr train – sure I am five years late to the game, but I thought I would write about my experience. In short, Flickr, in my humble opinion, is virtually flawless. Rather than ramble on I will organize my thoughts for you – read on for more!

“What is going to be Web 3.0?” This is a question that I have been asked many times by a variety of people. My answer is generally a spiel about how I prefer to not label the generational Web in such a manner with tidbits on opening up protected information. As the methods of content creation changed around the millennium it was relatively easy to define the boundaries between a static Internet and one that allowed users to create a fully dynamic world. The splitting of content and style gave users the ability to publish anything at anytime using easily customizable, and rich-looking, visuals.

While getting intimate with my programming roots I came across, on Planet PHP, a great article by Ben Ramsey and his dividing of the Web into generations. Ben took an access-level approach in his definition resulting in Web 1.0 referring to read-only, 2.0 meaning read-write and 3.0 fulfilling the dream of read-write-execute. This is fine and dandy, but I would like to add some of my thoughts on the division.

Twitter has grown dramatically over the last couple of months and, as such, many of the great people to follow have been lost in the shuffle. I follow quite a broad range of individuals, but here are a select few that I particularly enjoy.

@Stuartcfoster Pretty cool guy that slings PR and media jargon like it’s his business – wait, it is his business. Seriously, his commentary is awesome. Check out his kickass website, The Lost Jacket.

@SeanMoffitt Awesome guy that offers great value in his tweets. Toronto-based business guru. Check out his website, BuzzCanuck .

@andreipetrik Toronto-focused marketing wizard with a strong love for technology. Pretty cool to follow people that share interests with me.

@Recruiting101 (Dave Speiran) Toronto-based recruiter that really cares for and helps his followers. I just began following him and he promptly answers ANY recruiting questions I ask. Tremendous value for those living in Toronto!

@trent_reznor Leading man of Nine Inch Nails that tweets a couple of dozen times a day regarding contests, band information and just a sweet uncensored view of life and technology! Looking forward to his tweets when the NIN|JA tour begins.

@DentonPolice My guilty pleasure. Crime listings WITH mugshots from Denton, Texas.

These are just a handful of great people to follow if you are new to Twitter and have an interest in marketing, business, music and cool people. Oh, forgot the BEST one to follow, @colemason!

The Web has undergone mass amounts of change from its inception nearly twenty years ago – from static HTML-only pages that could only be edited by the technical few, to rich Web applications and social media that gives anyone with Internet access the ability to contribute to the ever-growing base that is the Web. I always find it amazing that my four young nephews, all age three and under, will experience far different Web revolutions than those of us who have seen the rapid growth of the Internet and experienced the shift from static to dynamic Web content. With the current ability for any one person to contribute to the Web what is next?