---
title: "WriteTheWeb"
date: 2003-04-23
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2003"
    url: "/tag/2003.md"
---

# WriteTheWeb

I discovered today a site called [WriteTheWeb](https://web.archive.org/web/20040104161538/http://writetheweb.com/about), which is “a community news site dedicated to encouraging the development of the read/write web”. Like me they believe the Read/Write Web “doesn’t just mean writing words, it means any time the web experience becomes two-way.” This is an important point, because a lot of people have no desire to publish writing on the web. I’m only interested in it because I enjoy reading and writing, and I love web technology – so writing to the web is the best of both worlds for me! But the Read/Write Web is also about interacting with websites and applications. It’s a two-way communication where information and transactions are [personalized](https://web.archive.org/web/20040104161538/http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=personalize), or at least able to be [customized](https://web.archive.org/web/20040104161538/http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=customize).

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/2003/04/23.html#a2))*