I’m sad to say that Josh Catone is leaving ReadWriteWeb today, to move on to a new job at a popular web development community website. Josh was the first daily writer (other than myself) to join ReadWriteWeb. He started with us in March 2007 and has been instrumental in helping ReadWriteWeb grow over the past 15 months. He will be missed by myself and the whole RWW team. We wish Josh all the best at his new gig.
It’s also worth noting that Josh did a lot of editing work behind the scenes for our feature writers, such as Alex Iskold and Bernard Lunn. So he really has been a fantastic contributer to ReadWriteWeb, as both a writer and editor, and an absolute pleasure to work with.
Note: there is a new writer coming on board, which I will announce in a separate post on Saturday.
10 Classic Josh Posts
Below I’ve listed 10 of Josh’s posts that I’ve particularly enjoyed over the past 15 months. This is a completely subjective list. I nearly called it ‘Top 10 Josh Posts’, as a kind of inside joke that I think he would appreciate 🙂
- Internet Killed The Television Star: Reviews of Joost, Babelgum, Zattoo, and More — Josh’s first post on RWW, dated 6 June ’07. I believe it was after reading this post, which Josh wrote as a guest writer, that I thought: “I need to hire this guy”.
- Crowdsourcing: A Million Heads is Better than One — Josh’s second post! Crowdsourcing has been one of his favorite topics, see also IdeaScale – Crowdsourcing R&D (more links to his crowdsourcing posts inside that).
- Rolling Your Own Online Office
- Web 2.0 Backpack: Web Apps for Students
- Top 10 Facebook Apps: Work; Top 10 Facebook Apps: Play; Top 10 Facebook Apps: Media; Top 10 Facebook Apps: Utility; Top 10 Facebook Apps: Extension — Josh has written a lot of outstanding posts about Facebook, and this 5-part series on top Facebook Apps is still a must-read.
- Is Facebook Worth the Hype?
- The Web 2.0 Election: Does the Internet Matter in Election Politics? — online politics has been another strong topic for Josh, as this post demonstrates. I always looked forward to reading his take on how the Web was becoming a part of the political process.
- A Big List of Sites That Teach You How To Do Stuff — still ranks as one of our most successful posts ever, proving once and for all that the Web loves lists.
- Beacon Saga Comes to an End: Facebook Adds Global Opt-Out, Apologizes — a great overview of the Beacon saga at Facebook.
- There is No Web 3.0, There is No Web 2.0 – There is Just the Web — ’nuff said!
All the best Josh in your future endeavours. Stay in touch and we hope to see you regularly in the RWW comments 😉
