Bob La Quey wrote:
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Here is what I consider an example of "stuff to do good"
http://my.spanishdict.com/
Built on ning.com ... pure Web 2.0
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Do you consider this a "bad thing?" Built by ordinary
people. Enabled by Web 2.0 infrastructure. No need for
techno gurus. I consider that a good thing.
I consider it a good thing. Part of the issue is that we are arguing
past one another on two different topics.
"There are many good things that can be done with Web 2.0 technology."
I consider this a tautology, but I guess I should make myself explicit.
Yes, there are many good things being done with Web 2.0 technology. I
agree with this statement.
"Web 2.0 technology is a major revolution!"--this statement gets my
contempt for two reasons. First, I consider this statement to be
false. I do *not* consider Web 2.0 (whatever it may be today) to be a
revolution even on par with the initial World Wide Web (Web 1.0).
Second, it invokes my marketing-ese ire because it is invariably ejected
by someone with something to gain from marketing rather than the doing.
Someone actually *doing* will instead say "Hey, this thing I'm doing
is cool. Check it out." and never once mention "Web 2.0".
Revolutions have momentum behind them. It's not that people can't
resist them; it's that people don't *want* to resist them. Real
revolutions don't need marketing efforts.
-a
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