This week: Defining Web 2.0, Web-based office, Yahoo media/tv, Google Wifi, Techie Post of the Week: Tim O'Reilly's What is Web 2.0. sponsored by:Defining Web 2.0A lot of online trees were felled this week to write about what Web 2.0 means. Tim O'Reilly's definition is a very comprehensive one and is...
I arrived in San Francisco yesterday, in preparation for the Web 2.0 Conference next week. I'm spending two weeks in Silicon Valley, kindly hosted by TechCrunch's Mike Arrington, Keith Teare and Frederico Oliveira. They're having a great time with my accent ("yeeeeeaa"). I'm having a great time in general and...
This week: Microsoft vs Google, Web 2.0 coverage galore, Web 2.0 Conference, The Real World: yoga blogging, Techie post of the week: Mini-Microsoft. Microsoft vs Google Over the last week the number of stories about Microsoft vs Google has reached a crescendo. The best one was a story by CNET...
CNET takes an interesting look at Microsoft's history in the Web era and suggests that MSN may now be a key part of Microsoft's Web 2.0 strategy. They write that MSN is already being used as a platform for Windows software releases:"The search service in Windows Vista, for example, shipped...
I love reading old books about the Web and Internet. I'm in the middle of Stewart Brand's classic book from the 80's, The Media Lab, right now. Anyway I came across this 2001 web article from devx called The Future of Web Apps and Services, on the subject of Futurist...
Summary: 2006 may well be Microsoft's year, with upgrades to its flagship Vista OS and Office 12 products. But only if Google lets it be their rival's year. We don't yet know what Google has up its sleeve - when will they release their own browser, or their web-based Office...
I've been one of the beta testers of a brilliant new blog news service over the past 2-3 months - and today it's gone live. tech.memeorandum is the brainchild of Gabe Rivera. It basically aggregates all the latest news from blogs on one page - but it's more than that....
sponsored by:This week: Microsoft's Web 2.0 platform, Rich Clients, Acquisitions, Web 2.0 in The Real World, Techie Post of the week - Web Development Trends for 2006.Microsoft's Web 2.0 platform News this week that Microsoft is releasing a set of developer APIs for four MSN properties: MSN Virtual Earth, MSN...
James MacAonghus from Aqute is writing a series of posts analysing BBC Online, which I highly recommend you check out. In Part 1 James wrote that BBC's online reach has been steadily growing. In Part 2 he drills down into the details. Although BBC has more than one online strategy,...
sponsored by:This week: Social tools in disasters, VC trends, Custom Web 2.0 Business Plans, Web-based Office, Techie post of the week - APIs and control.Social tools help in Katrina HurricaneFirst things first. We've all been shocked by the Hurricane Katrina devastation. Dina Mehta has a couple of great posts that...
Barb Dybwad posed an interesting question this week: "how many of you read some or all of your RSS feeds on your cellphone? If you do - which application or service do you find the best/easiest to use/most comprehensive and why?"Personally I don't read feeds in my mobile phone, although...
This week I've been noticing a lot of Web 2.0-style Office apps coming out. Here's a selection of some of them:AjaxOffice - "A complete office suite usable via your browser. Your documents are safely stored on a server..."Writely - "The Web Word Processor" (unfortunately the beta is full already). TechCrunch...
sponsored by:Onfolio is offering R/WW readers a coupon code entitling the bearer to $30 off a purchase of Onfolio Professional before August 31st (a 30% saving off the normal $99.95 price). To use the coupon, enter it at the time of purchase. Coupon Code: RM857202This week: Google vs Skype, BBC...
There have been a lot of excellent posts and articles this week about APIs, the Web as Platform, web sites as software companies, and so forth. Here's my own mash-up of some of the highlights:The Philosophy of Web 2.0To set the scene, let's consider what the essence of Web 2.0...
Feedster have come up with a Top 500 blogs list, in response to Jason Calacanis' challenge. I make the charts at number 215. Even though charts are elitist and all that, it's cool to see my blog up there. Maybe charts are only elitist when I'm not on them? But...
This week I kicked off a discussion about what the brand name of RSS should be, going forward. It's generated a lot of great discussion, including some excellent comments on my blog. And funnily enough, I'm now convinced that in fact RSS is not the right term to market to...
The Not Web 2.0 discussion has legs. Dave Winer pointed to Dare Obasanjo's post, specifically this bit:"The problem with 'Web 2.0' and other over hyped buzzwords is that 90% of the stuff you hear or read about it is crap."I agree, provided my blog is in the top 10% of...
Remember my post last year entitled Gettin' Paid: A Future for Content Creators?. In it I passionately made the case that there is a future for niche writers to make a living on the Web. Well there are signs that it may yet happen...Microsoft has just started a network of...
sponsored by:Onfolio is offering R/WW readers a coupon code entitling the bearer to $30 off a purchase of Onfolio Professional before August 31st (a 30% saving off the normal $99.95 price). To use the coupon, enter it at the time of purchase. Coupon Code: RM857202This week: Thoughts on what News...
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