Jocks listening to punk rock.

I can see where they’re all coming from. I remember what it was like to find out that one of your favorite bands suddenly was popular and found themselves rocketing towards mainstream. Now you have all these douche bags listening to the same bands that you are and it’s not exclusive anymore. Everyone seems to be talking about this band, using their name over and over again to the point that you don’t want to be associated w/ them any longer. I understand; I really do.

But I also don’t care. I don’t care if 2.0 is a catch-all buzzword for a vague and dissonant design movement. I don’t care if everyone considers blogging more “blahg” than not. While I respect the designers/bloggers that have made these comments I have to disagree. They’re the ones who’ve paved the way by creating something attractive. What’s it’s done is bring all the rest of us out of the woodwork allowing a whole new generation of web and graphic designers to show their talents.

The funny thing about this is how insular all this actually is. Nobody in the general public pays attention to the latest Web 2.0 trend, or handy Ajax coded app, or whatever social bookmarking is. Try explaining that to someone who isn’t part of this field and see the looks that you get!

This is a natural part of the process of change and evolution. They create, we notice and join, they react, we defend, they change (or quit), and create something else. I usually don’t care much about what “they” have to say, but I don’t want to hear so much negativity from such creative people in such a creative field. They are who we look to or emulate; and while they don’t have to be role models they don’t have to be condescending, elitist, asses. Just chill out and be happy that more people are jumping on the “standards bandwagon” so that the future of the web is a compliant, navigable, and useful place.

Hell, it might even be fun.

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