Happy Birthday Read/Write Web!

Today dawns in New Zealand as the 20th April 2005, which happens to be the 2nd birthday of Read/Write Web. Yes, two years ago today I posted my first blog post on R/WW (although I’d tinkered with blogging a year or so before that). Over the past 2 years blogging has brought me so much … Read more

Web 2.0 Weekly Wrap-up, 11-17 Apr 2005

sponsored by: This week: Aggregators trendy, Yahoo News vs Google News, Rupert Murdoch on the Mount, RSS Readers in bloom, new kinds of Kool-Aid. Aggregators Trending Upwards The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) and analyst firm Outsell released a report on the Information Industry this week. They estimate the industry is worth $250 billion. … Read more

RSS and The Big 3

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

Yahoo News Re-design: Initial Thoughts

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

BBC Mobile, Business Models 2.0, Internet TV

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

Become.Com, AP vs Google News, del.icio.us

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

Firefox, VCs, MSN Spaces

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

Web 2.0 Weekly Wrap-up, 4-10 Apr 2005

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

Site News

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

JupiterResearch Blogging: RSS Readers: Part 3

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

Evolving Wikipedia Definition of Web 2.0

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

JupiterResearch Blogging: RSS Readers: Part 2

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 Gentle Art of Self-Promotion

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

Web 2.0 Weekly Wrap-up, 28 Mar – 3 Apr 2005

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

JupiterResearch Blogging: RSS Readers: Part 1

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