I’m Richard MacManus, a technology journalist and founder of the influential Web 2.0 site ReadWriteWeb (2003–2012). At its peak, RWW was one of the world’s top 10 blogs and a syndication partner of The New York Times.
I’m now senior editor at The New Stack, covering developer-focused innovation and the growing role of AI across the web and software stack. I also publish Web Technology News — a weekly briefing on the Web’s future: infrastructure, open networks, and AI — and run Cybercultural, an online magazine about internet history and culture.
My latest book, Bubble Blog: From Outsider to Insider in Silicon Valley’s Web 2.0 Revolution, is a memoir of building ReadWriteWeb and witnessing the first great wave of the social web.
- Paperback, US$19.99: Amazon | Bookshop.org
- eBook, US$9.99: Amazon Kindle Store | Apple Books | Google Play
Originally from New Zealand, I’m now based in the UK.
Where to Find Me
- 📰 Newsletter: Web Technology News
- 🐘 Mastodon: @ricmac@mastodon.social
- 🦋 Bluesky: @ricmac.cybercultural.com
- 🌐 Internet history: Cybercultural.com
- 💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ricmac
(I no longer post on X or Threads.)
Books
- Bubble Blog (2024) — Memoir of the Web 2.0 era and the rise of ReadWriteWeb.
- Presence (2016) — Fiction exploring the future of the metaverse.
- Trackers (2014) — How technology helps us monitor and improve our health.
Archive & Media
I’ve got an online archive of my writing going back to the early 2000s, with a particular focus on my work from 2003-2012 at ReadWriteWeb.
See also external media coverage, from RWW through to my current projects.