Well
it’s been another great trip to the USA! I’ve visited San Francisco (for Web 2.0
Expo), Las Vegas for MIX (courtesy of Microsoft New Zealand) and finally a
couple of days in Los Angeles (just to see the sights!). Tonight I head back to
New Zealand, getting set for full-time blogging again on Monday. As well as
catching up with all the news and emails on Monday – both of which I am
hopelessly behind in, due to travel – I have changes to the Read/WriteWeb site
and business that I’m itching to implement!
Funny how every time I visit Silicon Valley, I find it hard to blog. Too many
distractions and the usual work routine goes out the window. But on this trip, I
was fortunate to have Josh
Catone guest edit Read/WriteWeb last week – allowing me to have an actual
holiday (gasp! yes one of those things where you don’t do any work…I’d
forgotten the concept until last week). In addition to his own excellent posts,
Josh did a great job doing the behind-the-scenes editing. So a big thanks to
Josh for running the R/WW ship while I was on a boat to Alcatraz (see pic on the
right)! Also of
course thanks to the other R/WW writers for contributing and to our readers for
the thoughtful discussions in the comments and by trackback.
Also while I’m thanking people, I want to mention Read/WriteWeb’s sponsors:
Wild Apricot
is bringing web 2.0 to non-profits. It offers membership database, event and
website management for non-profits, clubs and associations.
Zoho
is a leading Web Office suite. I met up with them at the Web 2.0 Expo and
discovered they have a lot of great new productivity apps coming soon.
Userplane
is the premier
provider of communication software for online communities. I met them too at
Expo – expect more integration with AOL properties soon.
Compete
is more than just a statistics
service to rival Alexa; Compete also provides search, analytics, shopping deals,
and a personalized homepage.
DesktopOnDemand is a free
online desktop that lets you access your desktop remotely.
DOD comes with 1GB of free disk space, with extra space available for a fee.
Adicate
has developed an online advertising solution called The Hourly Advertising
System, which lightens the work of both advertisers and publishers without
increasing costs.
Eurekster is a
search engine that learns from the community’s search behavior, so it gets
better the more you use it.
Also check out Read/WriteWeb’s
Job Board (in partnership with VentureBeat and Alarm:Clock and run by
JobThread).
Sponsor Opportunities
If you would like to enquire about sponsoring Read/WriteWeb, please email
the editor for a Media Kit.
Back at work Monday!
I will be back at my usual editing desk in NZ on Monday, so if you have any
startups or stories you’d like us to consider for next week’s posts, please email.
