Web 1.0 sites were better than Web 2.0

Why is a site about pictures of adorable cats more popular than Web Worker Daily or Scoble? Stick that in your dismissive “that’s so Web 1.0″ pipe and smoke it.

Jeffrey Zeldman leading the Internet towards adoption of web standards is Web 1.0. Mark Pilgrim writing about recovering from addiction is Web 1.0. Dean Allen falling in love with Gail Armstrong over the Internet is Web 1.0. Dreamless, Something Awful, and all the other great online communities out there also predate the current buzzword fest. As far as I can tell the content that came out of that era was way better.

AJAX is lipstick on a pig. Try making a web-based photo manager that can scroll through 15,000 photos at once. Try making a spreadsheet that can handle 25,000 rows at once.

Now that I’m employed in a capacity that has nothing to do with the browser, I’m not going to waste my spare time dealing with Internet Explorer 6 or its shit-for-brains users.

In defense of Teh Cuteness(tm)

Robert Scoble may be coming to the light: adorable cat pictures are a lot more enjoyable than boring crap about ASP.NET 2.0.

I used to say that among the top signs your tech blog is boring would be that you posted a cute cat photo. But, I’ve become a sucker for CuteOverload — a blog of totally cute things — and this little video of a cat being cute on piano made Maryam laugh this morning.

I understand how you feel, Robert.

Here is a bit of cuteness: BUNNY PANTALOONS!

More! More!

Bunneh and kitteh pantaloons!

Now, how the hell is some drivel about SQL Server or Weblogic going to top that?