Walk The Fence

The global language monitor group has recently announced that web 2.0 was to become the one millionth word added in the dictionary:http://mashable.com/2009/06/10/web20-millionth-word/

I can't help but have a little giggle on that one....after hearing so many attempts by so many "experts" to define what Web 2.0 actually means. Cannot wait to get the next release of the Merriam-Webster I read to my kids every night and see what they have come up with as a definition.

Which leads me to think: We're now talking about Web 3.0 so what would that dictionary page look like then? Let's go to their website and check:

Oh...no results found...guess the jury is still out on the definition eh? What could that entry look like...

Let's see:

Web 2.0 (noun?),Adjective (huh...no, i mean not sure), Phonetics: ( hoo-ehb- too, d-ot - zee- hero),

Definition : Huh...it's that new web stuff with those social sites that talk together with communities and things with mobile applications you know? (Draft version, needs to be reworked)

Web 3.0: Huh...tbd

Web 4.0: Well, we have to wait and see, web 3.0's next release could be a 3.1 if Bing makes it past Christmas... so let's hold off on that one.

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Oh what i wouldn't pay to be a fly on the wall at the next web 2.0 word definition review at Merriam :)

Happy Thursday to all, hit the pubs at 5 sharp. The economy needs it.

Cheers,

Avdv.