Web 2.0 Banana Boy

To be honest I was once in love with the buzz word "Web 2.0" and jumped on the band wagon of web 2.0 evangelists at the beginning of 2006. I was telling my friends about it and even introducing some of the related concepts to my work place.

Today I have jumped on the bandwagon of people who are more reticent about the buzz word. In fact, I now belong to the group of people who do not like buzz words in general. They make great marketing tools in one sense by getting the word out that something innovative is happening, but they are horrible at really getting people to understand what the implications are and in many cases people know the buzz word and regurgitate it profusely without knowing what they are really talking about.

An old friend of mine, upon realising that I was a web developer, coined the phrasing "web 2.0 banana boy" to describe me. I had a good laugh at the word and thought to myself that it was pretty novel. I am the farthest thing from a banana boy, as I think she meant by the phrase. She probably meant it in reference to my Jamaican background. I have never really been keen on being Jamaican and thats not just because I wasnt born there, but maybe its something in the air there that doesnt agree with me. But I must say Jamaica is a cool place. I don't mind being associated with the island and as most Jamaicans I take pride in hearing about all the great things Jamaicans are doing around the world. So web 2.0 banana boy it is! Sounds catchy I think.

Since I am a "web 2.0" developer and have found a certain level of sustained interest in it, particularly in "business 2.0" another annoying buzzword which simply relates to business models created around this web 2.0 buzz, I have decided to write more often on the subject as I attempt to sharpen my skills in these nascent ideologies.