Hmm, fundamental units that make up the Web. An interesting way at looking at it, but still I have to wonder though. How much of what they are saying here really is true? Are they on to something perhaps?

Much like the shift from molecules to atoms to subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, etc.) to quarks to (potentially) tiny vibrating strings as the most fundamental unit of physical matter that we can find, the fundamental unit for content on the web has been getting smaller as well:

1. The site. You’d see references on sites or in emails like “check out this cool hotwired.com site” or “go to Bobaworld, scroll down, and click on the ‘cool links’ link”. This quickly gave way to:

2. Individual pages. People learned that the web was all about the page. The X-Files Episode Guide page, your Geocities home page, the product page for that new Thinkpad with the fold-out keyboard. [Read the rest]