« Patents come first | Main | "Wireless Fidelity" » Bimbophonics, Bubbles, and 2.0The Web 2.0 meme seems to create quite a fuss. At the Seattle Mind Camp (the sort thing, incidentally, that we should be doing in Austin), Chris Pirillo evidently dissed Web 2.0 as a sign of a new Bubblocalypse, which John Cook reported here... "Web 2.0 is a $2,800 ticket to a tech conference. That's all it is." He went on to say that he tries not to use the term.Moore made the mistake of dragging out a (mis-) quote, Tara Hunt of Riya.com saying "For me, it's the free parties and beer." Taken out of context, she felt it suggested she was a beer-soaked bimbo... What I believe I actually said was, "Web 2.0 is all about the beer and free parties", which was a tonge-in-cheek reference to the frenzy in the community (where there IS beer and free parties), not that beer is my only experience of it. Yes, like I uprooted my entire family and moved to a new country to be the sole breadwinner for parties and beer. I'm afraid I could have done that quite comfortably in Toronto.The "bimbo" thing is weird and dismissive, but she hits the real issue in her second graf, where she says All of the grand demos and in-depth conversations and contacts over the weekend were instantly twisted to "I'm a Bimbo" in that moment.Sounds like it was a swell weekend, and she was a little offended that Cook didn't say more about that. Meanwhile Cook posts an update that says I just spoke with Tara again this morning to clear the air and set the record straight. We both agreed that the quote was in the context of Web 2.0 and was not a reflection on her. Just so we are clear here, my intention in using that quote was to show that energy and enthusiasm is once again surging in the Internet community -- and that has led to free parties and beer. Hunt's quote, which was set up by Chris Pirillo's comments about the possibility of another bubble, was a tongue-in-cheek way of commenting about what is happening in the Internet world. That was the spirit of the quote and that is why I used it -- not to cast some negative impression on Hunt or women in general.(Liz Lawley's in there, too, but 'nuff said.) Then again, one more thing: Web 2.0 is much maligned as a bubble-blowing buzzword, but I happen to think it's useful to have some way to acknowledge new web paradigms. And if the insane valuation of Google hasn't set off a new bubble-binge, I don't know what would. However there does seem to be some business going on, and that's okay. jon posted this at 9:26 PM |
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Hey DO organize a MindCamp in Austin. You have some many cool folks there who have tech related tentacles but who span other domains (I'm thinking arts) that it would be awesome!
Posted by: Nancy White | November 9, 2005 10:40 AM
Hmm, interesting. I wrote about a Web 2.0 bubble a few weeks ago.
Looking at the recent buyout activity, I think we may be seeing some sort of bubble around Web 2.0, blogs, online media, something like that.
Posted by: Aldon Hynes | November 9, 2005 2:48 PM
P.S., the URL for my Web 2.0 bubble blog entry is
http://www.orient-lodge.com/index.php?q=node/view/403
Posted by: Aldon Hynes | November 9, 2005 2:50 PM