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Warren Ellis on Web 2.0
Jan. 7th, 2006 11:39 amIs there a Web 2.0 at all? Or is it just a buzzword to bring in new Venture Capital?
Yeah, there is. Web 2.0, at its heart, is an attempt to bind us back down to our desktops and force us to tidy up our shit and arrange it nicely. From del.icio.us to Structured Blogging to DLA to 47 Things and Backpack and all -- it's all an ongoing attempt to take the Wild West out of the web experience and make it all nice and orderly and organised.
I fucking hate it, to be honest.
Where do you think these tools are taking us?
Into a universal understanding of what it's like to have Aspergers, it would seem...
Yeah, there is. Web 2.0, at its heart, is an attempt to bind us back down to our desktops and force us to tidy up our shit and arrange it nicely. From del.icio.us to Structured Blogging to DLA to 47 Things and Backpack and all -- it's all an ongoing attempt to take the Wild West out of the web experience and make it all nice and orderly and organised.
I fucking hate it, to be honest.
Where do you think these tools are taking us?
Into a universal understanding of what it's like to have Aspergers, it would seem...
