Mary Kathleen Flynn interviews Tim O’Reilly at Web 2.0 Expo NY:

“How can we use this technology to solve real-world problems?,” ponders Tim O’Reilly, who coined the term Web 2.0 four years ago when he hosted a San Francisco conference on the topic.

“There’s been a lot of focus on silly consumer applications, like Facebook throwing sheep,” says O’Reilly in a video interview from the Web 2.0 Expo in New York City last week.

Watch the video.