Blogging Read/WriteWeb mashed up This is the best thing I've written in ages... thanks to Saurier Duval for doing a mash-up of my blog. Some choice extracts: "The stats they released today indicate theyíre well on their way to explain them in the Web as a serviceí concept (which is by no means a new regular feature of Web services ìpayloadsî ñ digital objects that are a… Richard MacManus View comments
web Microserfs For the record, I have actually read Microserfs, by Douglas Coupland. Indeed just over a year ago I wrote on my blog that Microserfs is my favourite Douglas Coupland book. I wasn't in the room when Dave Winer talked to the others about it, leading him to write this:"I'm over at the Web 2.0 Workgroup at Mike Arrington's, and if you can believe this… Richard MacManus View comments
New Media Re-organizing the news Mike Arrington has another Ode to Memeorandum on Techcrunch. I'm a big fan of tech.memeorandum too and it's changing the way I read blogs and catch up with the latest tech news. My first rave review of memeorandum was a month ago when it went live and since then I've met Gabe in person - and seen how dedicated he is to developing it. Some people… Richard MacManus View comments
Blogging Two-Way Web joins Web 2.0 Workgroup - spicy noodles celebration follows The Web 2.0 Workgroup has expanded to 4 blogs (and more to come!), with the addition of Dave Winer's Two-Way Web blog. This is awesome news, because the Two-Way Web site was a defining influence on me when I first started blogging. Dave was around at the TechCrunch house later in the day and then we all went out for spicy noodles, a famous… Richard MacManus View comments
Business Web 2.0: Land of Opportunity, or Land of Absurdity? I'm sensing a backlash about the rising VC interest in Web 2.0. Mike Rundle takes aim at Flock in his post subtitled "The Leaning Tower of Buzz". He thinks Flock is only useful to the blog crowd and doesn't have a viable business model. Bart from Flock disagrees, saying in the comments that they do have a plan to make money and the market will… Richard MacManus View comments