The Web 2.0 profession

March 25, 2008 · Filed Under Thoughts · Comment

Just what do you think the Web 2.0 profession is? Webmaster? Software engineer? Coder? Programmer?

Well, in my not so humble opinion, it’s none of the above, but I think that this profession is going to see a massive amount of growth in many diverse sectors over the next few decades, not just with regard to the world wide web, and it is a profession that some may find surprising.

I was going to waffle on about this for ages, but I won’t, unless someone is mad enough to encourage me, that is.

So, what is this profession? I’m sure sure are itching, well curious, to know.

Tags: coder, internet, job, jobs, opinion, profession, Thoughts, web, web 2.0, webmaster, Work, world wide web

Crystal Ball Gazing - Techno Travel

March 21, 2008 · Filed Under Holidays · 10 Comments

Recently I’ve been contacted by two emerging new travel sites - Volette.com and So Much World. Both are very interesting, but quite different in their takes on travel.

Volette is perhaps more aimed at the business traveller, but not only, whereas So Much World is more like an on-line version of my favourite Lonely Planet guides. I know that both sites are still in a development phase, especially Volette.com. Indeed, the brain behind Volette.com, one Joe Tangredi, has several ideas as to the direction he wants to take his internet venture, although I don’t know what they are just yet. Read more

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Is Blogging a Form of Journalism?

March 10, 2008 · Filed Under Blogging · Comment

A good question, and quite a few real ‘journalists’ would disagree that bloggers, for the most part, can claim to be journalists, even if some journalists are bloggers.

Oddly enough, one of the definitions of the word ‘journalist‘ is “a person who keeps a journal, diary, or other record of daily events.” In many ways, this is what quite a few bloggers actually do.

The definition counts me out though, this blog is not really a record of daily events.

Am I a ‘Bloggist’? A term which corrupts even further the origin of the word ‘blog’, which is ‘web’ and ‘log’ spliced together, in much the same way as ‘brunch’, ‘podcast’ and ‘webcast’ have managed to marry other common words.

I’m sure there are others, but they won’t spring to mind.

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