You know, I was just listening to another archived lodebearing podcast episode 3 (to be precise) and the conversation was centered on this whole new buzz of web 2.0.

Josh and James hit the nail on the head here. One of the biggest problems we have (I believe) is that we have to put a label on everything just as they say during the podcast, as a result new technologies get buzz words and more people get confused.

The more I think about it, it really is true what Josh and James say... Basically to sum it up quickly. Designers are making bigger strides in the world of web design and production (at least now) because of the array of tools they have at their disposal... Flash, Flex, AJAX ... ect... Oh and we certainly can't forget Dreamweaver.

I find it interesting that Josh says most design is coming from the "Bay Area" (San Francisco). He says that someone studying design is probably well on their way to working with this so called "Web 2.0".

It's great that the web is becoming more of an open forum for what people (users) are asking for, and more and more designers are getting a piece of this pie, but man us programming folk better look out! As the lodebearing podcast says... The designers are now doing their own programming. I better get my sketch pad out of the closet and start practicing design again...

By the way here is a picture of Lighthouse Point which is across the St. Lawrence River from Moresette Park: (picture courtesy of goldenpath on flickr.com)



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