Web2.0

Everywhere I look, people are touting the virtues of AJAX. Imagine that. Javascript can do cool things. I do know the feeling, folks, I remember browsing around and checking out all the animated cursers that left a trail of letters or background colors that changed every 30 seconds or so. Now the powers that be have decided to write JavaScript to actually make things appear to be easier to use. I am so totally into it, I even have a little hide/show text script on one of my websites. Had it for years. Still love it.

 The thing about it is, only a handful of folks (comparitively speaking) have ever heard the term Web 2.0 and if they did it would scare them into a frenzy. Honestly, most of my friends do well to use e-mail on a good day and some would be hard put to find yahoo.com if someone hadn’t put them up a bookmark. If any of my clients ever asked me about Web 2.0 I would reassure them that I will take care of it, no extra charge, and they will never know the difference. Really folks, it is just a natural thing, in 5 years they will look back and say “well duh”.

The thing I really care about is interoperatability.  I want to upload my calendar and my contact list from my PDA so that I can access it from my laptop, edit it and embed it in my website for my friends to access. We are almost there, XML or similar should be able to do the job. The overriding factor is that all this stuff is so very brand spanking new. My hardware is all  outdated but I can’t feel bad because the fresh new overpriced systems are no better. When my son is as old as I am now the inconspicious networking will make what we have today seem like shots in the dark.