Web Development Is Microsoft a Web 2.0 company? (alt title: The Center of the Universe) Summary: Yes Microsoft is a Web 2.0 company, because their goal is to use the Web as a Platform. The difference is they'll use the Web as a Platform via millions of Windows-run 'devices'. That'll be their interface into Web 2.0. The Yahoo Search team has a vision called FUSE - which stands for Find, Use, Share, and Expand. Apparently it represents… Richard MacManus View comments
New Media The New New Journalism Now that I'm part of the new Silicon Valley Watcher network, reporting on RSS, I've got to thinking about how I fit into this new world of blog-journalism. Here's the beginnings of my theory on this... Back in the 70's Tom Wolfe coined a style of news writing called New Journalism, which was very influential for me growing up. Although I never… Richard MacManus View comments
Blogging Kiwi is Microsoft Number 3 I thought I'd post this before Phil Pearson gets to it ;-) A New Zealander, Chris Liddell, has just been appointed to the job of Chief Financial Officer at Microsoft, making him the third most powerful person there (behind Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer). Mr Liddell commented: "Obviously it’s a great privilege for me personally but… Richard MacManus View comments
Blogging post.icio.us I've been trying to figure out a way to do a daily Web 2.0 update with links - without being, you know... one of those blogs that just links to other blogs. What I'm looking for is something in-between del.icio.us and a 'real' post. My 'Web 2.0 News' posts from 1-2 weeks ago were a bit too long and time-intensive to write. So what I'm… Richard MacManus View comments
Weekly Wrap-ups Web 2.0 Weekly Wrap-up, 18-24 Apr 2005 sponsored by: This week: Macrobe/Adobemedia, sports RSS feeds, Google and Yahoo MojoWatch, Mobile Web 2.0 woes, Dan Gillmor's Web 3.0. Web Design Bigco: Adobe buys Macromedia This was all over the Web Tech part of the blogosphere this week and the general feeling was one of surprise that two Web Design heavyweights have joined forces. Are… Richard MacManus View comments