web Wikia: Lightning Could Strike Twice For Wikipedia Founders I talked with Wikia CEO Gil Penchina yesterday about the most recent re-design of the Wikia site. I wanted to know their goals and what progress the company has made towards that vision. The site'’s rebuild takes advantage of recent technology advances, uses a more Web 2.0 style interface and has better navigation tools. According to Gil… Phil Butler View comments
Analysis e-learning 2.0: All You Need To Know One of the strongest, but least hyped, uses of web 2.0 technologies over the past couple of years has been e-learning. We've covered this topic extensively on Read/WriteWeb - and so we're pleased to bring you this overview of e-learning 2.0, including the leading web apps and sites in this niche, and predictions for its future. In August Steve… Richard MacManus View comments
Supernova 2007 Supernova: Connected Innovators This afternoon at Supernova thirteen companies selected by TechCrunch and Supernova, from 130 applicants, presented at the Connected Innovators Session. The companies presented to a panel of experts including Mike Arrington from TechCrunch, Josh Kopelman from First Round Capital and Julie Hanna Farris - a serial entrepreneur. The panel held all… Sean Ammirati View comments
Admin Wanted: R/WW Writers Read/WriteWeb is looking for writers to do startup and web product reviews. Currently we are being inundated with emails from startups wanting us to profile them, but it's no longer something I can keep up with due to my R/WW Network duties (this is my way of saying sorry if I haven't responded to your email lately!). Read/WriteWeb has two… Richard MacManus View comments
Supernova 2007 Google's Udi Manber - Search is a Hard Problem Udi Manber, Google's VP of Engineering, gave a brief 15 minute presentation at Supernova today entitled Search is a Hard Problem. He explained that with an audience like Supernova, he imagines we understand to some extent how difficult a problem it is, but it's probably a harder problem then we even appreciate. He laid out three reasons why this is… Sean Ammirati View comments