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[pyrat]

hey I wrote a technology story for work which is listed on digg.com. If you feel nice can you please 'digg' it which means I get on the front page and viewed by millions...

http://digg.com/technology/Beyond_Web_2 ... entralised

its about tech stuff but probably still an interesting read.

[PeterG]

Web 2.0 is stupid. Its basically a bunch of nerds sitting around desperately trying to justify their existance by arbitrarily designating websites as 'cool' or not.

[pyrat]

its also a marketing terms to get venture capitalists interested again... and yes it does speak about that with the tim o'reilly reference

[PeterG]

Oh I understand the reasoning behind it, its just that everyone involved comes off as a pretentious twat. I read the O'Reilly article and ended up really wanting to stab him in the face with a blunt object, repeatedly.

[pyrat]

I read the O'reilly article and really wanted to shake his hand, repeatedly. He talks a lot of sense. Basically the internet is getting better and we need to get more people to use it in this 'new' way. Hence the Web 2.0 marketing umbrella which covers any emerging internet technology.

[samsonite]

thats a good article pyrat

why is web2.0 stupid? because its a buzzword? pigeonholing things is never a good idea, but its happened, and the technologies it refers to arent stupid. they are driving the web forward into something truly worthwhile (no peter, not porn). and those buzzwords get worthy causes investment cash, like pyrat said.

[PorkyFatBoy]

Very interesting article Pyrat, with excellent vocabulary. I seem to remember Steve Jobs suggesting this was where the interweb was heading about ten years ago, when he was launching a new computer thing called "neXt" after he left Apple. I think it flopped completely, but maybe it was just ahead of its time.

Disclaimer: all the above is a very hazy memory and I know jack all about 'puters

[pyrat]

I need 9 more diggs for front page, come one dudes register and be heroes.