This wonderful set of posts deflates “Web 2.0 Hype™”, reinforces the awesomeness of those folks (like EVDB) who are working to remake the web to actually *use* these wonderful syndication tools and browser technologies to the fullest extent: Part I, Part II.

_Backstory:_ I’ve actually met both Andy Baio (briefly) and Brian Dear (less briefly, we had lunch once. Smart fellow and a nice guy.) and have read them for a while. I think both Upcoming and EVDB are kickass tech.

And if you hadn’t noticed, this post was for geeks.