March 30, 2006
Beat Web 2.0 design? Heck no. I'm joining Web 2.0 design
UPDATE: Another happy April Fools. For some idea about what I was describing, put on some sunglasses and visit the screenshots at "Web 2.0 design rescinded, eyeballs everywhere rejoice."Be good, or I'll bring it back. And this time, it won't be a joke. You have been warned.
ORIGINAL POST
I can't tell you what pushed me over the edge exactly. Maybe it was my re-reading my brilliant treatise on Web 2.0 design for the twentieth time. (Yes, I'm both a blogger and a fan.) Maybe it was spending some more quality time with the Web 2.0 logo compilation. Maybe it was reading FontShop's dissection of Web 2.0 typography choices.
Or it could have been those crazy kids over at Facebook holding out for two billion dollars. Two billion dollars? Two billion! That's the kind of intestinal fortitude that puts the original bubble to shame. I mean, I remember how we all sat aghast when Mark Cuban sold Broadcast.com for one billion. That was supposed to be the pinnacle.
Not anymore apparently.
And so it made me think. Maybe I'm wrong? Maybe I shouldn't continue to beat up on the Web 2.0 crowd? It's not fair to razz the kids that way. Maybe I should try to join them? I mean, I like money. Who don't? And if someone wants to throw money at me, I'm ready.
I mean now, I'm all about Web 2.0. Check out the new hypocritical. All Web 2.0 and stuff. You can't stop me. You can only hope to contain me.
Yes, yes. I know I've been rough on the Web 2.0 crowd. I know that complaining about them by saying things like:
More gradients, big type, and nonsensical naming than even I could bear. It's so nice to be back in 1998.That was just rude. And I know that, after all that witty banter on big fonts and gradients and whatnot, joining the Web 2.0 design crowd might seem a tad hypocritical. But, that's what I'm going to do.
I'm Web 2.0 and I'm proud. Join me. Won't you?
Oh, and for those venture capitalists prepared to start the bidding? On the check, it should be T - U - R - O - C as in "Charlie" - Z as in "zebra" - Y.
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Beat Web 2.0 design? Heck no. I'm joining Web 2.0 design
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