The [ABC](http://www.abc.net.au) launched a new website today, the most interesting part of which is the [ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/news)
site.
It is, in a word, bold.
Web 2.0 is getting pretty trendy now. Between [Digg](http://www.digg.com) and [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com) the most common trends
have become clear. But would anyone have expected that you’d see a mainstream, conservative website with a [tag cloud](http://www.abc.net.au/news/tag/cloud.htm)?
The ABC certainly isn’t diving in head first. This is a small step in a lot of ways. There are very few opportunities for end users
to participate, making this a principally one-way experience. And it might just be my familiarity with the old design, but I find the new
look quite jarring so far.
Still, I think it’s a sign of how far Web 2.0 has come that some of its central concepts are being picked up in this kind of way. And
with such a prominent website using them, I expect that they’ll begin to spread even more quickly within Australia.