Is the Internet Dead and Boring?

I just subsrcibed to Mark Cuban’s blog and found some really interesting reads. What caught my eye was “The Internet is Dead and Boring” and “The Internet is Still Dead and Boring” articles. I thought to myself “how can the Internet be dead if we use it every day to surf, do work and find out wtf is going on in this world”. Being Gen-Y I’ve seen a lot of changes to the Net and was fortunate enough to experience it from the mid-1990s till now. So what really got me thinking?

“Some people have tried to make the point that Web 2.0 is proof that the Internet is evolving. Actually it is the exact opposite. Web 2.0 is proof that the Internet has stopped evolving and stabilized as a platform. ”

You know what? It’s true. The Internet is becoming a platform for people to DO work. Yes we become more productive but at the end of the day, I see Web 2.0 technologies in a new light – the one where I envisage big businesses adopting these technologies (eg. my CapGemini post). Something like Google Reader has taken all the fun out of scouring the sites which I love to visit. Maybe it’s because I don’t get to see the flashy pages any more. If you are reading this post via an RSS feed you might not know that I’ve reskinned my page!

BTW: Cuban’s blog is awesome, have a read if you’ve got some time