Web 2.0 Why Yahoo! + RSS = Good Thing I've been reading up on Yahoo!'s decision to add RSS feeds to the mix of content they provide on the My Yahoo! portal. The decision for them is all about enhancing their strategy for users to put all their Web content "in one place" - their place. It's the same old Portal strategy that was so popular on the Web in the mid-90's, but which very few… Richard MacManus View comments
Web 2.0 Semantic Web is a Program Slashdot pointed to a new Tim Berners-Lee interview about the Semantic Web. While on face value it's YASWI by Sir Tim (Yet Another Semantic Web Interview), there are some great quotes in this one. e.g. When asked if the Semantic Web is just a way to automate things that a human would do, Sir Tim replied: "This is more like giving you a program… Richard MacManus View comments
Book Reviews Douglas Coupland - Hey Nostradamus! Douglas Coupland returns to form big-time with this sensitive and soulful book, Hey Nostradamus!. Before I get to the review, I'll go over my background as a long-time Coupland fan - because it's especially relevant to my thoughts on Hey Nostradamus!. I discovered him during the 90's and he was one of the quintessential writers of that milieu… Reviews Richard MacManus View comments
mobile Mobile Web - Watch This Space! I've mentioned that September is Month of Mobility at Read/Write Web, but I haven't posted about it as much as I wanted to. Why? It's because the mobile world is mostly new to me, which means I've had to batch process a whole bunch of information about it over the past few weeks. Frankly I've been so absorbed in the PC Web over the years, that… Mobile Richard MacManus View comments
Admin Bit of a Re-design I've been mucking around with my CSS over the past few days. Gone are the vertical grey lines and greeny colour scheme. I've kept the pacific green colour in the site title though, as a keepsake of the old style. Plus that colour is sort of identified with me now and my favicon uses it. It's all about the whitespace and I've tried to make that… Richard MacManus View comments