Ah, a Web two-point-oh post. Marvellous, as I think I'd be right in saying there are not enough of these about.

The shifting of my possessions around my room over the past few days had lifted some remarkable treasures (aside from themed slippers). One of the most intriguing was a invitation I received way back in February 2003. It was sent to my head of department for design and technology, asking for nominations of students to go off to a convention in Austin, Texas. I was asked whether I would be interested in being put forward, but unfortunately due to my involvement in another award final, I had to sacrifice the opportunity.

The invitation resurfaced yesterday, and I reread through what had been on offer. As well as having a chance to listen to some industry giants in the field of web and graphics (Mr TBL, chairman of IBM etc etc) I could have attended one talk intriguingly named "Internet, Version 2.0". Interesting concept. Now it's not exactly saying Web 2.0, but it's pretty close. infact some might even say it sounded like saying 'Web 2.0' in a 'Web 1.0' type of way (ooooh, it this suitably vague enough for a Web 2.0 post or what?). I can't guess what was actually said, and it probably would have been a little dumbed down as it was just a bunch of final year highschoolers, but it's a bit interesting to note that the time this was published was a full year and a half before the term Web 2.0 was ever readily banded about. Coincidence? Yes, probably.