Mashups Mashup Business Models Developing a mashup can be a lot of fun and it's usually low cost, because you're using (semi) open tools and data. Forget fun though for a minute - is there a business in mashups? There are obvious benefits for the data providers, for example both Google and craigslist benefit from increased traffic to their sites. In most cases that leads to… Richard MacManus View comments
RSS & Feeds Feeds as a platform + future of aggregators Niall Kennedy is on a roll, having this week published an informative series of posts on the RSS platform and the 'state of the aggregator': NewsGator API Google Reader platform Windows RSS Platform Feeds as a platform State of the aggregator I don't really have… Richard MacManus View comments
web 2006 Bloggies announced - same old same old Is it just me, or does the list of winners announced for the 2006 Bloggies (the blogging oscars) bear a striking resemblance to the last 5-6 years? Slashdot, Boing Boing, Blogger, etc. Where are all the '2.0' sites, like TechCrunch, Scripting News, Digg? Anyway, there was one shining light: Darren Rowse's Problogger got an award - for Best Web… Richard MacManus View comments
Lists Read/WriteWeb Filter - The "Real" SXSW (it seems that live blogging is beside the point at an SXSW... I say that after fruitless searches tonight for the winners of the awards -- Technorati and 9rules won apparently, but that's all I know officer...) - Star of Startup.com Resurfaces (I enjoyed that movie... ex GovWorks Kaleil Isaza Tuzman has a new company called… Richard MacManus View comments
Lists Read/WriteWeb Filter - Google/Writely points to online/offline future (Phil Sim is putting out some excellent analysis these days, especially on the topic of Web Office. In this post he convincingly makes the case for an online/offline amalgam Office.) - Directory of New Web Office Technology (Rod Boothby has started a fantastic resource here...) - Instructables… Richard MacManus View comments