Signs are Mounting

Everyone has been pointing out the web 2.0 bubble recently. Not that I agree that there can even be such a thing as a web 2.0 bubble. But I was amused to find an invitation in my work e-mail box to a cutting edge seminar.

You have to realize that I work in an old company — not only have we been around for a long time, but in any reduction in force, only the young talent gets cut, leaving the organization very top heavy. It’s like a technologist’s convalescent home. There is mandatory nap time after lunch in all branches.

So to get an invitation from one of our internal groups with this as the headline: “You’re Invited: Web 2.0 - The Internet Becomes Disruptive Again,” well, it just got me all a titter. “A new world is emerging,” it continues.

It reminds me of something one of my former employers used to say: “Say, you heard that Bob Prince died?” Bob Prince passed away well before my time, which was his point exactly.