Common Web 2.0 design elements: rounded corners, gradients, hatch backgrounds, large fonts, a supermarket sticker, the wet floor effect used heavily by Apple, and in a perpetual ‘beta’. (via)
I get more and more tired of Bubble 2.0. In how many social networks can one be integrated? Which services are essential? An example, drawn from life: Imagine you are – for example – a young, depressed real estate professional. You like to collect coffins (You have to do something about your depression, man!) and reading a good book and – essential!- you blog about it. You are not religious and your favorite meal is breakfast. (Let’s not talk about love or sex here, this article is already too long.)
So here’s my advice, if you want to be really Web 2.0 compliant:
1. MySpace is mandatory, sorry. Everyone under 20 is there. And Rupert Murdoch.
2. Who isn’t depressed or angry sometimes? You are, so another account at DeadJournal is the choice.
3. Because of your job, you need ActiveRain, a community of real estate professionals.
4. You want to meet other collectors and impress them with your collections online? Try Squirl.. Here is someone REALLY collecting coffins.
5. And you will love Shelfari, where you will display your virtual shelf and you connect with others, just to boast about your last read…
6. You absolutely have to blog. But Blogger and Wordpress are not trendy enough, so you have to try Vox. It has every Web 2.0 trend already incorporated.
7. You are not religious? Chance is you are as esoteric as all the other users of Zaadz, a place full of self-declared philosophers and wizards and spiritual seekers.
8. And if you like to meet others sharing your affection for the first meal of the day, try Frühstückstreff.
You’ll need no other hobby, you will not need a spouse or children or even animals. Basically you will not need REAL social interaction or REAL human beings. Updating your profiles and answering all the comments and eMails alone will consume about six hours a day – and you have a job, remember? – but in the end everyone will virtually love you! How they will cry at your grave, when you finally die from sleep deprivation…
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