Archive for September 25th, 2007
Ticked Tuesday: Dear Web 2.0
FUCK YOU! I mean, Hi. No wait, I meant fuck you. There’s no nice way of putting this, but you pushed the wrong buttons and I hate you. I’ve been around the internet for nearly a decade now and the only reason it has lasted that long is because there were people on the other side of the computer keeping me here, thus the ‘net’ part of the term ‘Internet’, the network. Just because you’re just catching on doesn’t mean that it’s new, you’re just slow.
Communication and networking as always been the driving factor, no matter what ‘version’ of the web you’re using. Weblogs, chat rooms, forums, and instant messaging tools have all been created solely for the purpose of sharing data and networking with other people. If you think that websites were created and left as they were without multiple people contributing then you’re foolish. What is it that turns EVERYTHING online into ‘web 2.0′? Honestly I’m sick of seeming the term. Every blog now has a big “2.0!” written on it now. Did they actually change anything? Nope, but ‘web 2.0′ is all the rage these days. Every marketing asshole now says their product is made for web 2.0 yet there is no change from the same crap they’ve been producing before, they just added an ‘email us’ button at the bottom.
Just because everybody and their dog can now point and click to have their own ‘website’ doesn’t mean that we’re in a new version of the web, it just means we’ve lowered our standards. Saying that all this new crap is 2.0 means that there is a distinguishing difference from the older 1.0 stuff. Aside from the lack of intelligence and creativity required for internet use I haven’t noticed anything change.
As the net gets bigger people find more ways to organize it. All of these social networking and bookmarking sites are just that. They’re not creating a new product, they’re simply adding on. Because the internet isn’t a stable thing, you can’t define the difference between versions. You’re dumb.
Plugging my peripherals into your motherboard,
Jeff
New feature: Leanna reviews the new fall season
Well, it’s that time of the year again, when all eyes turn back to the networks for the love-hate relationship that is the new fall season. Thanks to the magic of DVR, I’ll be recording and watching most new series and reviewing them here. Now, please… keep in mind that I am but one, albeit brilliant, woman. I can’t possibly watch every single premiere on every channel. So I’ve limited myself to things that look like they may be hits, which eliminates everything on FOX. I’ve already eliminated K-ville from my list. I’m sorry, but Anthony Anderson is not worth watching in a drama, ever.
So, coming to you this week…
- Back to You
- Chuck
- Gossip Girl
- The Big Bang Theory
- Private Practice
- Dirty Sexy Money
- Big Shots
- Moonlight
- Cane
So, get yourself ready! And who knows, I may review the new season of returning series as well. I’m just a spontaneous sort of gal.