Digital Lifestyle 2010 New Year's Resolutions from the RWW Geeks & Friends Forget losing weight or finding the perfect life partner: All we want to do is make 2010 the biggest geek-out year ever. The ReadWriteWeb crew have collectively planned to take over the world next year by honing our nerd super-powers. From programming in Python to building AI houses, we've resolved to be smarter, more curious, more technical and… Jolie O'Dell View comments
Cartoons 2009 In Social Media: A Cartoon Review It was the okay-est of times, it was the meh-est of times. From the election of the first American social media president... to a nod to social media from the mainstreamiest of mainstream media (Oxford Dictionary, for god's sake!)... it's been a big, tumultuous sprawling toddler of a year, prone to tantrums and potty accidents but adorable… Play Rob Cottingham View comments
Startups Attracting Foreign Startups: Access To U.S. Could Get Easier It may soon be easier for foreign startup entrepreneurs to set up shop in the United States thanks to immigration reform which would create a specialized startup visa program. The proposed program would make more visas available to entrepreneurs who have at least $250,000 in funding from a U.S.-based venture capital firm, or $100,000 in angel… Chris Cameron View comments
2009 Redux ReadWriteWeb's Top 5 Web Trends of 2009 Over the last week we ran a series of posts outlining the five biggest Internet trends of this year: Structured Data, Real-Time Web, Personalization, Mobile Web / Augmented Reality, Internet of Things. Effectively this was ReadWriteWeb's State of the Web 2009. We've now compiled the main points into a single presentation, available on Slideshare… Richard MacManus View comments
NYT 5 Trends in 2009's Startups If you ever thought startup life would be about champagne toasts and million dollar term sheets then you need to get back in your time machine and set the dial for the nineties. If there's one thing we learned in the latter half of this decade, it's discipline. To say that it was a tough year, would be an understatement. But those of us who… Dana Oshiro View comments