Whither Web 2.0?

The question is already, like, what? 2 weeks old?

So here I am throwing this article at you as though you don’t already subscribe to the feed.

Feedlounge!

You can bet I’ll be on a 3 hour tour this evening… I think I can almost justify the $5/month… couldn’t they have a neutered version that would be free? Or maybe hook up some ads on those pages? This is the age (at least for a little while longer) of Ad Revenue, isn’t it?

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1337 Mission

I’m trackbacking the post that contains the following quote:

A new bar in downtown San Francisco has the 21st century version of the photo booth. It’s an old-fashioned booth where people can get as candid and silly as they want (particularly after a few drinks), but it also ensures that the results can be seen by all immediately.

The photo booth at Shine, at 1337 Mission St., takes four photos and automatically posts them in the traditional vertical strip mode to the popular Flickr photo sharing Web site, which is owned by Yahoo.

So, not only does the place have a high-tech photo booth, but their address is Leet Mission St.  In the meantime, my flickr photos are over here.

The Maverick is all over Web 2.0

The Blog Maverick Mark Cuban can’t help but talk about how many Web 2.0 companies there are right now. And, obviously, that’s where he’s throwing a lot of his investment dollars (see also: icerocket.com). There’s a lot of things he can’t help but talk about… this one just happens to fit in nicely with this here blog.
I don’t have much more to add to that really… but he’s not the only one who knows about The Net.

It’s a good excuse to post some awesome pics of Mark, though, right?

I hope people take terrible pictures of me when I’m that rich, cause right now I just look totally beautiful in every picture that’s taken of me.

Web 2.0 Quiz

Here’s a Web 2.0 quiz for you. I got an 8/10, which I can prove because they have a high score page. Just search for Nels Wadycki (who’d have thought?)

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Grandmaster Flash

Life is a Game of Business
and in the end we sight (swear to god)
the new and old are bought and sold
and everybody thinks they’re right

So, a new religious business war has started (yes, it started before 2006). Jon Udell acknowledges it. It was mentioned in another place that inspired this post, but I forgot to save that one.

I’m on a quest for the Holy Grail. I am also aware that such a thing does not exist in the computing environment world in which I work. Should I be adding an ActionScript book to my Amazon Tech Books Wishlist now? I’ve already just added a bunch of books on Ruby and/or Rails because maybe that’s the next big thing.

At what point will ECMAScript go from AJAX and Flash RIAs to Enterprise Applications? Does the speed of enterprise adoption preclude either of these from actually becoming an enterprise standard? (ie: won’t they both have been replaced/updated/deprecated by the time The Enterprise gets around to adopting them) How many legacy apps are out there that still need conversion to Web Services (or even something besides a green screen)? At this point, AJAX still feels too “hacky” and/or lacking the qualities of a professional development stratagem. Flash seems much more solid. But it also prevents me from Ctrl+Tabbing while using Yahoo Maps 2.0. I’m not trying to hear that.

Is the best course of action to continue with Java+JSP+Struts and/or JavaServerFaces until The Scripts have worked themselves out?

I am all about raising questions and not answering them. I haven’t been around long enough to have all the answers. I’m also ready to drink any Kool-Aid that Mr. Udell is serving. Lest you forget, this is The Home of the Marginally Insightful.

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