So of course there isn’t really a Web 1.8 (nor is there really a Web 2.0, Tim Berners-Lee would argue), but in my mind Web 1.8 is a concise way of saying the following: I like a lot of what Web 2.0 stands for, visually, but perhaps things have gone just a bit too far [...]

The term “Web 2.0″ has been around since 2004, created by Tim O’Reilly to refer to companies and technologies that were helping to shape the next iteration of the World Wide Web. Collaboration, input from users, openness to blogging, extensive database management, and realization of The Long Tail all define Web 2.0 from the economic and theoretical sides.

But what about from the design side?

Apologies to any regular readers over the first week of Mihmorandum’s existence, but I was just not happy with the rather direct translation of the design of my main website to my blog.  Aesthetically, it seemed to lack some visual drama, and in general it just looked a bit “Web 2.0″-ish for my taste, albeit [...]