[Observed at Where 2.0] Where are we this morning? Sitting next to ubergeek, pt, at Where 2.0 – and it looks to be the most visual conference of the year. Everything is about mapping, and there's plenty of maps to see – not just your regular Thomas Guide stuff, either. Without my in-car navigation system, I'd get lost in Seattle (as evidenced by an upcoming episode of the 'Chris and Ponzi Argument'). We're going 3D, folks – we're seeing the future in the present. World Wind is a good starting point for the mapping n00b, and we now have Google Earth. Let's follow the breadcrumbs here, folks: what happens when we merge Google Earth with Picasa? Web 2.0 just became Desktop 2.0… and that's just the beginning. The next generation “Office suite” appears to be mere months away.