I dunno. It seems like the future is arguing about Hypermedia. If the idea doesn't take hold ... is that our fault as developers? It reminds me of the OpenID hy

I dunno. It seems like the future is arguing about Hypermedia. If the idea doesn't take hold ... is that our fault as developers? It reminds me of the OpenID hype - engineers solving a problem that doesn't exist or, worse yet, solving a future problem that has yet to materialize. If the answer to this is "educate people" then that's the wrong answer. Or maybe it's the right answer if you're an IT type that loathes their users. I know I might sound crusty about all of this but how many years are we going to chase an idea that only a few people seem to understand? Can we just admit it, right here, right now: all of this is academic. We should be focused on extracting patterns and practices that provide value and cycling on that. The rest is noise.