Richard MacManus

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 feeds”, while Google is simply … Read more

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 same time giving hope to … Read more

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 Web 2.0 content … Read more

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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 blogs called Filter. The … Read more

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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 all due respect, this … Read more

Jane Kim, program manager for RSS in Internet Explorer, has written a useful post detailing the new RSS features in IE7. A few comments from me… 1) Microsoft has decided to call RSS “web feeds”, at least for now. Jane says they’re “still actively exploring what is the right name to use for RSS feeds”. … Read more

I love to read Steve Gillmor’s posts – he has a unique way with words and it’s fun (OK sometimes frustrating) to decipher his messages. But I really wish he would look beyond his Silicon Valley-tinted glasses and mention/link to some new blood now and then. Take this extract from his latest post, referencing what … Read more

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 has weighed in … Read more

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 back into it and writing … Read more

– 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 and others that is the … Read more

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– IDG CEO quoted in Wired: “Every blogger is a rock band without a record contract.” (I guess I’m supposed to dislike that comparison, but strangely it agrees with me… because indeed I am looking for “a record contract”, to use that analogy) – Jason Dowdell and Pete Freitag created two mashups using Findory’s API … Read more

– 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 hype I lavished onto them … Read more