Richard MacManus

I’ve been following what the 3 big Internet companies have been doing with RSS and I largely agree with Dave Winer’s recent assessment: “Yahoo is dashing in front, with Microsoft close behind. Why isn’t Google in the race?” Yahoo has been by far the most proactive company of the 3 this year. Microsoft has shown … Read more

A couple of weeks ago OJR reported that Yahoo News – “the second most trafficked News & Information site on the Web” – was in the process of a re-design. That design has now gone live in beta form, with the tagline “More News. More Relevant. More About You.” From a design pov: – They’ve … Read more

A daily shot of Web 2.0 news. Each item will have a main link, one or two lines of commentary from me, and views of the story from other bloggers (if available and if I have time). I’m still fiddling with the format… BBC unveils five-year mobile strategy NMA reports on the BBC’s five-year strategy … Read more

A daily shot of news from your favourite Web 2.0 blog. Each item has a main link, one or two lines of R/WW commentary, plus views of the story from other bloggers. Start-up building on top of Firefox ZDNet reports that a company called Round Two is building “a new crop of products and services … Read more

Here’s a new feature I’m trialing on Read/Write Web. It’ll be a daily shot of Web 2.0 news. Each item will have a main link, one or two lines of commentary from me, and views of the story from other bloggers (if I have time). It’ll take a while to settle into a decent format, … Read more

I’m pleased to announce the first Read/Write Web sponsor: ThePort Network. They will be sponsoring my Web 2.0 Weekly Wrap-Up for the next 3 months, which I’m thrilled about! ThePort Network has an exciting Web 2.0 product that is currently in the process of being launched. I’ve had a walk-through of it and I was … Read more

This week: non-blog uses for RSS (including Enterprise and Consumer), a new web-based delivery system for Associated Press, RSS advertising, Bigco action, Bloglines vs Technorati. RSS not only for blogs Right now there’s a lot of activity around utilising RSS outside blogging. I’ve said before that blogging is and always will be a minority activity, … Read more

This is my final post on the JupiterResearch report entitled RSS Readers: Addressing Market Opportunities with an Innovative News Medium (here are Part 1 and Part 2). I’ve enjoyed this chance to analyse the analysts and I’m keen to do it again. I wonder if other Analyst companies would be willing to do a similar … Read more

The Wikipedia page for Web 2.0 continues to evolve. It still doesn’t read well in places, but some parts hit the mark. For example this is a pretty good explanation of the transition from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0: “The original conception of the web (in this context, labeled Web 1.0) comprised static HTML pages … Read more

Last week I started my review of a JupiterResearch report entitled RSS Readers: Addressing Market Opportunities with an Innovative News Medium. I covered the first couple of pages of the report, in which JupiterResearch asked: What Is RSS and Where Is It Used? I was interested to see what Michael Gartenberg from JupiterResearch, the Lead … Read more

The second in my JupiterResearch blogging series is coming up later today, but I thought I’d mention my new sponsorship drive in the meantime. Basically I’ve set myself a goal of being self-employed in blogging-related activities by the end of this year. This will primarily be from writing (not just on R/WW), but also probably … Read more

Before I start: as this is a regular feature, I’m looking for a forward-thinking company to sponsor the Web 2.0 Weekly Wrap-Up. I get a lot of very positive feedback about the Wrap-Up and I know that a number of influential people read it. So if you’d like to sponsor the Weekly Wrap-Up with a … Read more

Recently I was invited by JupiterResearch VP & Research Director Michael Gartenberg to be a part of their new blogging program. The deal: I get a free copy of an analyst report relevant to my specialty and in return I will offer my own blog-style analysis of it. What this means is that a respected … Read more

I got an invite to Yahoo! 360°, the new blogging/social networking app from Yahoo. Here is my 360 blog, which has hardly anything in it right now. I’ll probably only use it for experimentation, but if I end up liking it then maybe I’ll use it for social networking. First impressions are positive and it’ll … Read more

This week: ETech notes, Yahoo love-in, Web 2.0 acquisition deals continue, Hacking Web 2.0, ubiquitous storage. ETech Takeaways I was on holiday the week ETech occurred, so I’ve been spending the past week catching up. My food-themed notes are here. Also during that week the next Web 2.0 conference was announced – October in San … Read more