Part of my duties as the self-proclaimed Father of Web 2.0 is to help spread the word and get people interested in Web 2.0. BlogBridge has just published a list of some of my favourite Web 2.0-focused blogs. Note that it's not a directory of all Web 2.0 related feeds,...
A new blog called Web Service Finder has done a Map of the Web 2.0 World and opened it up for editing on a Wiki. This is by the same blog that did a directory of APIs and Web Services - currently featuring 105 APIs and 27 examples. Chris Law,...
Why? Because they've only indexed my blog up till 26 May 2005! What's up with that?!SearchEngineWatch has a good summary of opinions in the blogosphere. Put me down as 'Underwhelmed' please Danny (sub-category 'Peeved').UPDATE: I've discovered the issue is that Google Blog Search indexes the RSS domain name, not the...
Over on my ZDNet blog I've written a couple of posts that extend my analysis of The RSS Space. In the first post I explained the RSS Space categorization some more. I then noted that 4 of the 5 categories are at the mercy of The Big 3 of the...
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,...
That's the title of my latest post on ZDNet. I'm pointing to it here because Bloglines is for some reason not fetching the Web 2.0 Explorer feed, so the 56 people who've subscribed already in Bloglines (in just a couple of days - wow!) have not yet been notified of...
Deja vu, is there a glitch in the Web 2.0 Matrix? Phil Pearson has noticed it:"OK guys, this is going too far. Not ALL of the following are required for a web 2.0-style application/site:- Name that consists of a number and a word. (37signals did it for their company, and...
A couple of weeks ago I began my new life as a full-time freelance Web Analyst and Writer. One of the things I'll be doing is co-writing a book for O'Reilly Media on the topic of Web 2.0. I started writing it this week.I've also just started a ZDNet blog,...
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...
Last night while looking at the new Feedburner design (well done guys!), I noticed that my subscriber stats figure has suddenly jumped. My current count of RSS subscribers in Feedburner is 3744. The main reason is that Rojo has just been added to Feedburner's numbers - previously it was missing....
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...
I've joined the 9rules Network, a community of high quality weblogs and websites. Here's the announcement from Paul Scrivens, 9rules' inspirational CEO. The 9rules Network is very similar to what I described as my ideal blog network a few weeks ago: "a group of niche bloggers, each with their own...
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: New apps on the...
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...
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