Call me old fashioned, but isn't the Web 2.0 trend sort of too new to be brushing under the carpet already? I just got the hang of big fonts, rounded corners and Ajax all over the joint and it seems quite useful, social and robust. But in progressive Holland, they are already hosting the Next Web show!

...how new technology, business models, innovation and culture-changes affect the direction of the web and the way we do business. The Conference for web industry thought leaders, leading companies, innovative Startups, visionaries, seed funders and real Web savvies.

The Dutch have a habit of getting in ahead of the curve, but not necessarily setting trends to be proud of. They legalised drugs and became experts in finding that legalisation of heroin doesn't curb heroin abuse. They have great ideas about porn, but they don't have any famous porn stars, and now they are going head on into developing ideas about web 2.0 the old man of tech, before web 2.0 has even reached puberty.

Be careful, participants, you may be signing up for something that sinks you without trace in a blaze of glory.

Calm down, people, take a few moments to just enjoy the moment and relax, instead of laying the foundations for another social experiment that sounds great, but won't necessarily be so. Next!