October 03, 2005
Web 2.0: The best kept secret in blogging
Update (October 11, 2005): It's official. Web 2.0 has now reached an ouroboros state. Apparently, "networks of bloggers" like 9rules and b5 weren't Web 2.0 enough, so now we have a network of bloggers dedicated to writing about Web 2.0.Update (October 11, 2005): The inimitable Kathy Sierra reminds us that maybe all this amorphous Web 2.0 stuff isn't such a bad thing after all. I'm almost convinced. And I like how many times she manages to say "Web 2.0."
Update (October 4, 2005): Kudos (Yes, I said "kudos." Like you've never said kudos?) to Mike Rundle for picking up the slack by posting this Web 2.0 round-up. Why can't you be more like, Mike? Or better yet, be Mike 2.0? I may need to create a laundry list of those keeping up the good fight, shining a little light on the little-mentioned world of Web 2.0.
Update (October 4, 2005): I've just learned that Rick Segal (no relation) is mounting a counteractive strike, dissuading people from using the term "Web 2.0." Our time is at hand. We must redouble our efforts to make sure the meek voice of Web 2.0 is heard!
Original post
My heart is heavy. Heavy, for I pine to hear (read) those sweet words. Those magical words: Web 2.0. Ah! The best kept secret in blogging.
Won't someone please at least mention Web 2.0?
I mean, seriously. You'd think that no one had ever heard of the concept. You'd think that someone would use the words in their blog entry. Someone would decide to define their application as "Web 2.0." Maybe even someone would try to get a bit of a following and launch an event around it for heaven's sake.
C'mon people. Someone start talking about it.
I ran a Technorati search on "Web 2.0" earlier today and it only came up with 7,000-some-odd blog entries. Is that all, I say? I just ran it again, a mere 4 hours later and it's only increased to 12,466. Who knows where it will be by the time you click this: Web2.0. All I know, is it won't be enough.
Please. You call yourself a blogger? Where's your Web 2.0 entry this week? How many Web 2.0 entries have you written, this month? That's what I thought, you charlatan. You should hang your head in shame. Tsk tsk tsk.
Unless I read Web 2.0 in every single one of the blogs to which I subscribe, I'll be severely disappointed. Get to writing people! What are your thoughts on Web 2.0? What have you developed that's Web 2.0? Where will you be when Web 2.0 comes to fruition? How do you pronounce it? Web two dot OH or web TWO dot oh? All important questions, to be sure.
What did Web 2.0 ever do to you?
Doesn't anyone want to talk about this concept? I mean, it seems to have a lot of power right? The 2.0 of any product is super good. Remember Internet Explorer 2.0? Whoof. Nice stuff there. Or what about AOL 2.0? Gold, baby. Pure gold. Or maybe even the Apple II. Hot. White hot.
I think that's why I'm so excited about Web 2.0 and AJAX and all that. I just wish someone in the world of blogging--besides me--would take the time to give it some press. Who didn't truly begin to live with Web 0.9, Web 1.0, Web 1.5, Web 1.7 Service Pack 3? Don't tell me that you haven't been waiting with breathless anticipation for Web 2.0? (If you say you haven't, you're a bold-faced liar.)
I'm not above begging. Or maybe even paying folks to write about it. As anyone can see, it needs much more hype and attention than it has received. But, you know me, I can never get enough of any buzzword. Ecosystem? Blocking and tackling? Oh, I do so love them all.
Won't you, please, do your part to contribute to the hype? Pretty please? Follow Josh Hallett's example and move beyond Web 2.0 if you like, but by all means, please mention Web 2.0. It's really the lynchpin of society as we know it.
Are you still here? Get to writing. Web 2.0 needs your attention.
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Web 2.0: The best kept secret in blogging
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