Weekly Wrap-ups Web 2.0 Weekly Wrap-up, 14-20 Feb 2005 A look back at the week that was in the world of Web 2.0. This week: Google's AutoLinks feature, IE7, NY Times buys About.com, more Big Media blogging coverage, Bloglines hacks. AutoLinks and Annotation Ever since Google made it big, many people have been looking for a chance to pin the 'evil' label on them - especially as one of their company… Richard MacManus View comments
Blogging 5 Book Reviews It's been a while since I've published a book review on R/WW, so I'm going to briefly review 5 books that I've read during the past few months. Four of them are Web Technology-related and the other was an eBook that I bought. The Nudist on the Late Shift : And Other True Tales of Silicon Valley by Po Bronson is a book I've been meaning to read… Richard MacManus View comments
Web 2.0 What Is The Data Matrix? Machines and Humans Coexist Andrew Nachison from The Media Centre raises some interesting issues regarding RSS content aggregation. He boils it down to these 3 questions: 1. Machines vs. humans? [in regards to aggregation] I agree with Andrew's conclusion: "This isn't an “either/or” theory but a “both/and” reality." P.S. also check out The Media… Richard MacManus View comments
web Weblog Authoring Tools Market Share Elise Bauer has posted a comprehensive analysis of Weblog Authoring Tools market share. As with RSS Aggregator market share stats, there are a lot of caveats. But much can be gleaned from Elise's post, which is a continuation of an analysis she did in August 2004. The data is gathered from what Elise calls "Google Share", which is a formula based… Richard MacManus View comments
Weekly Wrap-ups Web 2.0 Weekly Wrap-up, 7-13 Feb 2005 What's been happening in the world of "Web two dot oh" (as Jeff Bezos pronounces it) this week? Let's find out. Bloglines Sale (my last comment on it, I promise) The Bloglines sale to Ask Jeeves continued to generate chatter in the blogosphere, including from yours truly. To sum up: Bloglines got a big payout and the public discovered that Ask… Richard MacManus View comments