I think there are a few cracks in the Web 2.0 veneer appearing at the moment.  It’s always had it’s detractors (me for one), but there just seem to be a few more people now asking “So what now?”.

It seems to have been triggered by SXSW I think, lets look at some links.

I linked to Zeldman’s Web 1.0 is the new Web 2.0 the other day.

Peter Da Vanzo is linking to a VC suggesting web2.0 is deflating a bit.

That may be not many, but I’ve seen a few more and now lost the URL’s, if I find more people talking about it, I’lupdate the post.

Perhaps jumping the shark is a bit over the top, I think Peter Rip in the VC link above put it quite well.

Much of the “easy” innovation seems to have been wrung out of the Web 2.0 wave.

We’re moving away from being able to get traffic just because you’re Web 2.0, novelty effects are wearing off, maybe we’re entering the stage where people want to do useful stuff, and a reason to keep doing it.

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