No, not the stuff arguably associated with it, just the term.

Look, people, the Internet is not some product evolving in big, whole-numbered discrete steps. The Web isn't like the release of Microsoft Office 10, followed by version 11.

No... technologies evolve and products improve bit by bit, formerly little-used tools get a new lease on life or are used in more creative ways, and so on. It's not like one day we wake up and *vavoom* there's a new Web online! And yes, I gather that the whole Web 2.0 thing is referring to "revolutionary" components, applications, but still I say, bah humbug. I love Gmail as much as the next guy, I think Meebo is pretty nifty... but sheesh... all this still doesn't, IMHO, warrant the whole "2.0" gushing.

I'm not surprised that e-business mags are trumpeting "Web 2.0." But I'm embarrassed that my fellow geeks are bloggily embracing it, too.

Please, for the love of 1's and 0's, can we go just one day without blabbing on about how some burgeoning transformation is going to create lasting peace, boost the world dotconomy, and help geeks get laid? I mean, maybe the first two, fine, but the third...? Only in Silicon Valley. Ah, only in Silicon Valley...

There'd been talk of it for a while... might do, could do, should do.

But Google's finally gone and done it with blogsearch. After being tipped off by John Batelle's blog, I learned that Google has added a "blog search" feature that lets users search blogger blogs and other blogs as well in near-real-time.

I've already spotted reviews of the service's speed and completeness and related basics... but I'm concerned with something a bit deeper.

At best, I think the new Google Blogsearch tool is moderately interesting and helpful. At worst, however, I think this seriously undermines the ideals of content over form.

A couple of weeks ago I spent 24 hours in New York City.

It wasn't my first time, but this whirlwind visit gave me a chance to refine or solidify lots of my opinions about the Big Apple, especially in the context of my new familiarity with San Francisco.

Apparently, according to a recent newspaper article, viewers are getting sick of reality TV shows.

You don't say.

Could it be that people are actually discovering that time spent in front of the tube watching others' (laughably) "real" lives is time that's not spent developing real friendships, pursuing real hobbies, learning real skills, getting real exercise or even real sleep?

Nah.