With the New York Times calling the beginning of Web 3.0 (not so much, say the trademark holders) and one of the few interesting diggers in the valley getting canned (see meme -- did Winer really break this one?) in favor of dollars and cents over T & A, I have to wonder whether the short period of Web 2.0-ness that began with the launch of IE7 has already come haltingly to an end. I mean, when the personality assassin of Silicon Valley wants to go after the "audience with less interest about trivial scandals and far more interested in the financial impact Silicon Valley has on the world", I guess, well, we all have to realize that it's no longer about us, but about them. And about the money. And about the same boring drivel that made the last bubble so disgusting and soulless. So, whatever, we're not in a bubble. We're just in a fucking hamster wheel, racing against time in perpetual beta, waiting for someone to unhook the wheel and let us escape to freedom. Or something. Bon chance, Darling Nickie-boy!
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