Web 2.01 Release Notes: "Web 2.0 isn't about the latest trend in technology—it's about 'harnessing collective intelligence,' involving customers in product development and taking advantage of the web's distributed nature." —Nick Bradbury (FeedDemon)

When I was at Vignette, we'd mercilessly ridicule statements like this by pinching our fingers together, bringing them to our lips, and saying, "Dude, man. It's like... the web is an organic outgrowth of our collective consciousness." Then again, we weren't smart enough to get while the getting was good.