Memoir
The serialization of my Web 2.0 memoir: "Bubble Blog: From Outsider to Insider in Silicon Valley's Web 2.0 Revolution". View the roadmap.
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Betting on Web 2.0: High Stakes Blogging
My trip to Silicon Valley for the Web 2.0 Summit in November 2006 ends with a poker game in Atherton. Meanwhile, Time Magazine names us all 'Person of the Year.'
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Lou Reed and the 2006 Web 2.0 Summit
At the Web 2.0 Summit in November 2006, I get advice about my growing blog business, miss a breakfast meeting with a VC, and get my ears blown out by Lou Reed.
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The Birth of Cloud Computing and Team Read/WriteWeb
In 2006, Read/WriteWeb gets a redesign and I begin to grow the team, starting with a couple of engineers who help me explain Amazon Web Services and GoogleOS.
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Gnomedex 2006 and My Corporate Blogging Adventure
I visit Seattle for the second time in 2006, for Gnomedex; also, I co-found another workgroup and company, this time based on the term 'Media 2.0'.
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The Core Values of Blogging: Attending BloggerCon 2006
In June 2006, I interview Yahoo at Supernova about its so-called open platform and then struggle to get a word in edgeways at BloggerCon.
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Digg and the Power Laws of Silicon Valley in 2006
It's 2006 and there is a lot of controversy about the power wielded at 'user generated content' aggregators like Digg, Reddit and Netscape 2.0.
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Reluctant Salesman: The Sponsor Ads Era of the Blogosphere
Over 2006, I ramp up Read/WriteWeb's advertising business, by first partnering with John Battelle's FM Publishing and then copying TechCrunch's sidebar ad format.
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Visiting the Microsoft Campus in Redmond; January 2006
It's January 2006 and I attend Microsoft Search Champs to discuss Live.com, the company's start page. I also catch up with a fellow Web 2.0 Workgroup member.
