A bit of admin - just so you know, I'm testing out a new type of RSS advertising with Feedburner. I'm testing it because it's pretty close to the type of RSS advertising I described in this post back in May.Speaking of advertising, Phil Ringnalda has noticed the O'Reilly Network...
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...
I got quoted in an IDG article, currently on Macworld, about the RSS naming debate. I'm pleased to get my name in mainstream media, however they got the dates out of context. Here's the extract where I'm mentioned:"The debate raged on after Torres' response to Winer. In an Aug. 10...
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: RSS branding, More Web...
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...
This from Sir Robert Scoble:"Watch for more business deals and from places you wouldn't expect them. I'm hearing from several of my friends, for instance, that AOL is looking for media properties blogging networks."Interesting... I wonder if AOL read my Network of Niches post - I know some MSN folks...
IBM's new 'SoulPad' is a virtual computer on a small portable storage device, like a USB key or an MP3 Player. According to IBM, SoulPad "enables a paradigm of mobile computing where a user can suspend his computing environment on one PC and resume it on another PC that he...
Google News now has RSS feeds (finally!). It's great that all the big Internet companies now offer RSS feeds, but Google's move unfortunately signals a split in RSS branding amongst the big media and technology companies. Like Microsoft, Google isn't embracing the term 'RSS'. Microsoft wants to call RSS "web...
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...
A Network of Niches is a group of niche bloggers, each with their own unique look n' feel but collectively part of a branded network of like minds. This could be the way forward for a big company like Yahoo or AOL to roll out their blog networks, at the...
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...
Summary: Web 2.0 is everyday, non-technical people using the Web to enhance their lives and businesses. The fact that so many people are now creating and building on the Web is what the '2.0' signifies.Tim Bray dislikes the Web 2.0 meme, but mainly because it isn't technically version 2.0. With...
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. Coupon Code: RM857202This week: Walled Gardens, Ajax backlash, Widgetmania, Asia update, The Web - Past, Present and Future.The Walls Come Tumbling DownLately there's been some progress towards...
Doc Searls grabs the Web 2.0 meme by the horns and gives it a good shake. He's posted a thought-provoking piece in which he frames Web 2.0 in the following way:"I propose a goal: Make Web 2.0 the best possible commons for supporting free markets and free culture."I'm glad Doc...
I've resigned from my day job, so in 4 weeks time I will be fully self-employed. I'll be doing freelance analysis and writing work, plus an exciting project which I will advise you of soon. I've been extremely busy lately, hence the relative lack of blogging. But soon I'll be...
- Google does RSS... sort of (you can now add RSS feeds to your Personalized page by clicking 'Create a Section'. It's made with cool Ajax, but this is no RSS Aggregator folks... come on Google, you can do much better!)- Attention Trust is a project led by Steve Gillmor...
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...
- There are 1.12 million feeds in Bloglines that "matter", says Ask Jeeves Blog (meaning at least 1 person subscribes to it. nb: SEW and Niall both point out that some blogs have multiple feeds) - Feedburner begins to expand into "major media accounts and global relationships" (fulfilling all the...
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