People have been talking recently about all the different buckets they drop their content into. Especially in this world of decentralized web services we live in today (Internet as Platform and all that…). We have a wide variety of specialist content services to choose from – e.g. Flickr and del.icio.us. It’s all microcontent and so … Read more

I’ve been readingup on Yahoo!’s decision to add RSS feeds to the mix of content they provide on the My Yahoo! portal. The decision for them is all about enhancing their strategy for users to put all their Web content “in one place” – their place. It’s the same old Portal strategy that was so … Read more

Slashdot pointed to a new Tim Berners-Lee interview about the Semantic Web. While on face value it’s YASWI by Sir Tim (Yet Another Semantic Web Interview), there are some great quotes in this one. e.g. When asked if the Semantic Web is just a way to automate things that a human would do, Sir Tim … Read more

Douglas Coupland returns to form big-time with this sensitive and soulful book, Hey Nostradamus!. Before I get to the review, I’ll go over my background as a long-time Coupland fan – because it’s especially relevant to my thoughts on Hey Nostradamus!. I discovered him during the 90’s and he was one of the quintessential writers … Read more

I’ve mentioned that September is Month of Mobility at Read/Write Web, but I haven’t posted about it as much as I wanted to. Why? It’s because the mobile world is mostly new to me, which means I’ve had to batch process a whole bunch of information about it over the past few weeks. Frankly I’ve … Read more

I’ve been mucking around with my CSS over the past few days. Gone are the vertical grey lines and greeny colour scheme. I’ve kept the pacific green colour in the site title though, as a keepsake of the old style. Plus that colour is sort of identified with me now and my favicon uses it. … Read more

Today I had a meeting with a large multinational content and document management vendor (who shall remain nameless). I was struck by how many times they used the word “collaboration” to describe their current software. Collaboration is also a trendy word in the world of social software. But the difference is that social software folks … Read more

Excellent response to my light-hearted Friday post Suggested baby names for bloggers. The comments are still open if you want to add your suggestions. As for me, I have the following names lined up should I need them: Foaf Http 201 Alist MacManus (if it’s a boy) Note: I think ‘Foaf’ could be the new … Read more

Warning: This post is frivolous and NOT topic-focused! May the blogosphere have mercy on me. So here are those baby names… Girls: Bloggia Blerta Post Ping (could work as a boys name too) Dot Blogatha Rebecca Aggie Boys: Blogbert Atom Alist Zeldman Pilgrim Blog-Blog (i.e. like Jon-Jon) Permalink Dave Any other suggestions? Originally published on … Read more

There’s an interesting meme doing the rounds about using pens as a metaphor for weblogs. Of course I can’t resist adding my 2 cents when it comes to that topic 🙂 Lilia began with a post that explored the ‘weblog as a pen’ metaphor in relation to how weblogs serve many purposes – like pens … Read more

The ITU (International Telecommunication Union) has just released a report entitled The Portable Internet. From the press release: “A new set of advanced wireless technologies now promises to bring affordable, high-speed Internet connectivity to the masses. This set of technologies, and the market opportunity they create, has been termed the “Portable Internet”, and is the … Read more

In my post about internet-based mobility earlier this week, I mentioned that the hype around mobile devices we endured during the 90’s and early 21st century is finally being realized in 2004. Mobile phone market penetration is running at 70% where I live, up from 10% in the mid-90’s. Other devices such as PDA’s, the … Read more

UPDATE: I HAVE NO MORE GMAIL INVITES, SO DON’T EMAIL ME ABOUT IT. Originally published on ReadWriteWeb (archived copy)

It’s about time I published my strategy for my new topic-focused blog, eBook Culture. Although upon reading Erik Benson’s post tonight about getting on and building something rather than “talking about it but never building it”, I now feel a bit guilty about writing yet another grand plan instead of getting my hands dirty with … Read more

September is the Month of Mobility at Read/Write Web, I’ve decided. This month I’m going to explore the intersection between the Web and mobile devices. Principally mobile phones and PDA’s, although there’s also a trend of convergence of those two devices into “smart phones”. And let’s not forget new ground-breaking devices such as the iPod, … Read more