Richard MacManus

Some interesting reactions to Reuters CEO Tom Glocer’s speech at the Online Publishers Association. I thought it was encouraging news and in my previous post I (somewhat breathlessly) compared it to Associated Press CEO Tom Curley’s similar speech a year ago. Upon further reflection, it’s not quite at the level of Curley’s speech. Eran Globen … Read more

Jeff Jarvis is live-blogging the keynote of Tom Glocer, CEO of Reuters, at the Online Publishers Association. I got pretty excited by a similar speech by Associated Press CEO Tom Curley just over a year ago, so this Reuters keynote is pressing my buttons too. I particularly liked this point, on the role of big … Read more

The NYTimes reports that Yahoo! is backing off its big plans to create television-style original content for the Web. Fears that Yahoo original content will alienate movie studios and television networks appears to be behind this shift in strategy. In that sense, I can understand Yahoo focusing more on the other two pillars of its … Read more

– How would you spend VC money if you could? (Matt McAlister lists his virtual shopping list — publisher services is his top pick: “Understanding content and communities is the name of the game.”) – MobHappy: mobile will define Gen M (for under 20’s ” the mobile will take over from the PC as the … Read more

Dave Winer has announced OPML 2.0 (in public review status currently). OPML stands for Outline Processor Markup Language. In semi-laymens terms, OMPL is a common XML data format for outlines and subscription lists – just as RSS is a common data format for content syndication. So why is OPML significant? Its main claim to fame … Read more

– Apples rolls out new Intel Mac Minis, iPod Hi-Fi (the iPod Hi-Fi described by Steve Jobs as “a home stereo reinvented […] for the iPod age”) – MediaPost: Mainstream Media Warms To ‘Web 2.0’ (WashingtonPost guy: “We’re trying to lengthen the interaction between reader and content.” NYTimes calls it a “nexus of content and … Read more

On ZDNet I’ve just posted a lengthy analysis of the main Ajax homepages (aka personalized start pages): Over the past year many new AJAX homepages, aka personalized start pages, have been introduced to the market. Microsoft and Google have offerings, as do a host of small startups. First I’ll define what an AJAX homepage is, … Read more

Feedburner’s just released a pretty significant upgrade to their service, including a new “Feed Stats Dashboard” and some much needed drill-down stats on individual posts. TechCrunch has the early scoop as well. The best new feature for me is the feed item stats, so I’ll start with that. Now you can see what percentage of … Read more

I’ve been tracking the development of all the personalized start pages that have flowered up over the past year. Live.com, Google Personalized Homepage, Netvibes, PageFlakes, et al. These are services that don’t just offer a place to store all your content and links – but house your widgets, gadgets and web services too. I’ll be … Read more

Seems reporting new media news gets a bit dreary sometimes. This from PaidContent.org: “BlogMedia Acquires The Blog Herald [by rafat] : Blog blog blog blog blag blag blah…blah. [by rafat] [Feb.27, 06]” I have to admit, the press release Rafat linked to made me yawn too. Oh well, at least the blogosphere isn’t talking about … Read more

Online classifieds service edgeiojust launched. I tested the service out recently and on ZDNet I’ve posted my thoughts. I love the concept of edgeio, because it’s almost exactly the same ideal as the Structured Blogging initiative. Structured blogging means publishing different kinds of information – like events, reviews and classified ads – in a ‘structured’ … Read more

Summary: While full-text feeds are under-valued today, they will be an integral part of the content ecosystem in the near future. And that’s when their true value will be recognized. James Gross from the Feedster blog has an interesting post about how full-text feeds will provide much more value in future than today: “What has … Read more

– Erik Benson goes “old man grey” (I knew he was wise beyond his years…) – Kevin Roberts’ Sisomo (leading edge kiwi wows the marketing/advertising world again with a beautifully designed site about his ‘Sisomo’ concept — “the story of sight, sound and motion”) – The Future of Web Apps podcasts available now (this will … Read more

When my post about Web Office Suite products got Slashdotted, one of the main issues amongst Slashdot commenters was: why do we even need a Web Office? This comment by Eightyford put it best: “What are the advantages of having an online Office Suite? I’d say that the disadvantages include: security issues, slow speed, dependance … Read more

This a beautifully designed web calendar. It has a lot of AJAX smoothness, which make for a very nice UI experience. It’s easy to enter events and you can change calendar views with little trouble. I’d like the option to reduce the calendar view from the current minimum of 4 weeks to just 1 week. … Read more