This post was written by Ryan Stewart, a Read/WriteWeb guest blogger. Note that Adobe's use of the terms 'Read/Write Web' and 'kiwi' is not associated with this blog. There is an interesting project going on over at Adobe that aims to combine the power of Flex 2 with the potential...
This Monday Digg will release the next version of the enormously popular community news site digg.com. Mike Arrington and I did a TalkCrunch podcast with Digg's co-founder and Chief Architect Kevin Rose and CEO Jay Adelson, in which we discussed Digg's evolution and what the new product (which they refer...
I was pleasantly surprised that my post The Future of Personalized Start Pages get Dugg last week. Looking through the comments, most of the Digg readers liked Netvibes or Google's start page. btw Google is still promoting its start page on the google.com page, which I think is significant (not...
Late last week it was surprisingly revealed that Microsoft now aims to be a media company, rather than a software company. This was in the context of Microsoft's launch of its adCenter product, a direct competitor to Google's Adsense and Adwords. But there it was in black and white, in...
In part 3 of my look at mc aggregators [here are parts 1 and 2], I get stuck into Suprglu. In this post I ask the question: how sticky is this site? But enough puns, let's get down to business. SuprGlu, a production of New York design studio Iridesco, is...
Continuing my look at Microcontent Aggregators, Peoplefeeds is right up there with 43Things.com as a leader in this market. Before I start the review, I came across a new Web 2.0 list today called categoriz - which puts Peoplefeeds in its 'Content Management' category and the others I've been tracking...
The BBC has always been at the vanguard of new media in the Web 2.0 era, thanks in part to their public service charter - but also they obviously have a lot of smart, innovative thinkers on board. Today they announced "bbc.co.uk 2.0", which will be a full-on attempt to...
In Part 1 of this series I introduced the concept of Microcontent Design, followed by a case study of BBC's developer network backstage.bbc.co.uk in Part 2. Now let's look at what's being built by external parties, using the BBC Backstage ecosystem. Specifically this post is an in-depth and developer-focused look...
This post was written by Ajit Jaokar, who is a R/WW guest blogger on Mobile Web 2.0 and digital convergence. In my last post, I spoke of the differences between browser applications on the web and on the mobile device. This topic is important because the Mobile Web is all...
My introductory post last week about Microcontent Design got such a good response that I need to pause and consider all the feedback, before I move onto Part 2. Basically what I call 'microcontent design' involves:...microchunking your content, taking advantage of open standards, employing microformats, letting users subscribe to all...
In my latest ZDNet post, I review a recent JupiterResearch Concept Report entitled Understanding Google. Subtitle: Competing and Partnering with the Most Influential Company Online. It costs $750 to purchase this report, so I asked Jupiter's Michael Gartenberg if I could get it for free and blog about it -...
Online classifieds service edgeiojust launched. I tested the service out recently and on ZDNet I've posted my thoughts.I love the concept of edgeio, because it's almost exactly the same ideal as the Structured Blogging initiative. Structured blogging means publishing different kinds of information - like events, reviews and classified ads...
I've joined the Media 2.0 Workgroup, which isn't associated with the Web 2.0 Workgroup which I co-founded - but was I believe inspired by it. I see the two workgroups as very complementary and so I'm trying to get the two groups to connect. On a personal level, the intersection...
Interesting notion of "feed grazing" from James Corbett and Danny Ayers. James actually came up with the concept - this explanation is from a comment he left on Danny's blog:"IÄôm actually coming to the conclusion that the whole subscriptions mindset is a problem and that in future weÄôll ÄògrazeÄô for...
Feedster has named Read/WriteWeb one of their Feeds of the Year. Their summary of my blog is pretty funny, given the controversy over the past few days. Russell Shaw, whose post was the final straw which led me to declaring myself fed up with all the Web 2.0 hype and...
Well my declaration that Web 2.0 is dead set the cat amongst the pigeons. Let me give a bit of background...I've been thinking for a while now about re-focusing Read/WriteWeb onto more media-related Web technologies. Many of the things I'm interested in are being done by Yahoo!, which by now...
Toni Schneider, who runs the Yahoo Developer Network, just announced the addition of JSON support for various Yahoo APIs and a new Javascript Developer Center. This is designed for people who "eat, sleep and breathe JavaScript" :-0. JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation. According to the Wikipedia entry, JSON's simplicity...
Fred Wilson has been thinking about the Web as a Platform concept. Like me, Fred sees this phrase as central to understanding the current era of the Web - known as Web 2.0. I liked how he put it:"I believe the web is a platform. And that everything we need...
Lucas Gonze has been evangelizing a concept called lightnet. He coined the term, based on a recent Alex Barnett post entitled Hypertext and the next 15 years. Check out Lucas' del.icio.us page full of lightnet links. So what is lightnet? It took me a bit of clicking around to grok...
This week: Explaining Web 2.0 to normal people, Google Base, Yahoo Shoposhere, Amazon tags, Hypertext and the next 15 years.Sponsor OpportunityThe Web 2.0 Weekly Wrap-Up has had 3 excellent sponsors over the past 30 weeks and now I'm looking for the next great sponsor. If you'd like to associate your...
Explore the latest in tech with our Tech News. We cut through the noise for concise, relevant updates, keeping you informed about the rapidly evolving tech landscape with curated content that separates signal from noise.
Explore tech impact in In-Depth Stories. Narrative data journalism offers comprehensive analyses, revealing stories behind data. Understand industry trends for a deeper perspective on tech's intricate relationships with society.
Empower decisions with Expert Reviews, merging industry expertise and insightful analysis. Delve into tech intricacies, get the best deals, and stay ahead with our trustworthy guide to navigating the ever-changing tech market.
