9Rules to Web 2.0

#1 – Overdesign a simple page with two input fields where people can leave their name and e-mail to get spammed when the site is online. Although that won’t happen the next upcoming months

#2 – Closed Alpha, Closed Beta, Closed Online, Closed Down

#3 – Use tags even though they are not necessary or just misused. Tag your content, tag your posts, tag your dog

#4 – Use rounded edges, font shadows, bevel and emboss everything, use font-size: 20pt – you don’t want to miss out the 2.0-blind people

#5 – Tell everybody you are using Ajax, although you are just cleaning the house

#6 – Delete all white space from your source code and don’t code in XHTML . Read why

#7 – Use ruby on rails, c on sea, python on road, perl in the sky, php on moon, Basecamp, Backback, eh Backbone, Tadaaaa

#8 – Generate a name, generate ideas . Use this

Done everything?

#9 – Send an E-Mail to Mike Arrington, TechCrunch