[web 2.0 in pics]

Apparently (I've been told) web 2.0 is like *so* yesterday. I must be into retro things as I think this cute rendition of the web 2.0 scene looks more like a Where's Waldo (or "Wally" for the English readers....) rather than a who's who of new web/social software techy developments. However, can you spot any (1?) visible minorities?

Although already enrolled in a research degree and not really interested in Management, I am tempted to apply to the Singapore Institute of Management based solely on their amazingly game-like website (play the "play hooky" game or try the course wizard) and web 2.0-type ad (by EBoy like the posters above):


What is it about these images that I find so endearing? Perhaps there is something innocuous about all the rounded shapes that adds to the utopian outlook of web 2.0 and associated offshoots. According to Ewa Mazierska and Laura Rascaroli there are two main facets of contemporary (filmic) Londinium - posh and chaotic. Eboy's images seem to intertwine the the two which is probably why I'm drawn to these images, they are portraits of a city rather than floating fragments.

Click here for a little taste of the world beyond web 2.0.