Ian Landsman is Starting From Scratch, October 2, 2005:
Web 2.0 is a Bunch of ****
If you're in the market for a powerful and user friendly Help Desk solution, please take a look at my company's flagship product HelpSpot.I'm so sick of "Web 2.0" I could puke. It's just a bunch of bored technologists who don't have jobs and have nothing better to do than make up new phrases and have a reason to go give talks and hear themselves speak. I remember last year Web 2.0 was web services. Now all the sudden Web 2.0 is AJAX and RSS. Please people get a frickin grip!!!!
Here's what Web 2.0 is. It's making better applications that solve peoples problems. Just like software development has always been. No users care what technology you use. They just want things to work and solve their problems. Software for the most part is evolution not revolution. So if you're a software developer out there keep your eye on the prize and don't get caught up in all this BS. Build products that solve problems and you'll be just fine in the "Web 2.0" world.
BTW if I ever create a "meme map" I give you all permission to kick my ass.
This rant was provoked by the good folks over at 37sigs. Jason's right on.
Discussion
Ian ,
I have been following your blog right from the start, i have been working on a product for my client . Its a php application and support multiple databases.Can you share a bit of technical details as to
1) Why Savant is better then smarty ?
2) Whats the best way to handle future need of internationalization ?
3) How to make sure that we avoid database specific query issues ,we plan to support my sql , ms sql and oracle and using adodb.
Would be greatful if you can brielf reply.
Thanks .
Created by Raza on 10.02.2005 3:10 pm
[...] Lately I have seen tons of posts on blogs about Web 2.0. I agree completely with Ian. [...]
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