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As you've probably heard by now, major parts of the Internet have recently been upgraded to "Web 2.0". The deadline to upgrade your registration is rapidly approaching. Older web sites will be expiring on December 31, 2006, and you must send in your upgrade fee of $15.00 before that date in order to be able to use the exciting new next generation web sites.
You don't want to miss out on all the excitement, fun, and hoopla around this marketing and buzzword revolution, named by bored journalists and propagated through the blogosphere like a raging storm. This is the sort of "news" event akin to a backwater local TV news team reporting on the dangers of eating at Arby's, because the "meat" sold at the restaurant arrives in a liquid or gel form.
There is really such a thing as "Web 2.0", though. You will hear it discussed by pundits who aren't software developers, authors of books, and people who make a living as speakers at overpriced seminars. Meanwhile, those of it who down in the trenches just chuckle, as we create so-called "2.0" web sites by using the tools and techniques we've been using for years, like DOM, cascading style sheets, and remote callbacks. Web development, like most disciplines is more a slow evolution of gradual change, rather than a remarkable shift that one could put a push pin into.
What has happened that has made this all possible? Mostly a reaching critical mass of of users with broadband connections, and browsers mature enough to comply with enough of the W3C standards to be able to use techniques that have been around for nearly a decade.
In the spirit of selling hall passes and leading snipe hunts, I am making available, as a service to the public, a limited number of certificates of license that will allow you to use Web 2.0 and the full extent of the marvelous Information Superhighway we have all become so fond of. Simply mail $15.00 (small, unmarked bills) to:
Youth in Asia Foundation
4526 Sturch Lane
Shingle Springs, CA 95682
and your certificate should arrive before mandatory upgrades go into effect.
Happy surfing!
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