Memoir
The serialization of my Web 2.0 memoir. This was also Season 3 of Cybercultural, which ran from October 2023 to December 2024.
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My 2009 Googleplex Visit and RWW Launches Channels
ReadWriteWeb begins 2009 by adding several vertical subsites, including ReadWriteStart. Meanwhile, I travel back to Silicon Valley for ETech and a day trip to the Googleplex in Mountain View.
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Web 2.0 Summit 2008 and Tech Media's Pivot to Business News
I'm back in the US to attend Microsoft's PDC and the 2008 Web 2.0 Summit. Team RWW meets in San Francisco and despite the looming global financial crisis, we remain techno-optimists.
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Indie Media Business 2.0: RWW Adds Structure and Writers
After pulling out of the ZDE deal in July 2008, ReadWriteWeb expands its writing team and I put some much needed structure into the business. Also, we ink a syndication deal with The New York Times.
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Unacquired: ReadWriteWeb Pulls Out of the ZDE Deal
After weeks of delay in closing the proposed Ziff Davis Enterprise acquisition of RWW, and seeing Ars Technica and PaidContent both get bought, I decide enough is enough. Time to get back to work.
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Alien in New York: ReadWriteWeb & the American Dream
To wrap up due diligence, I sit down with Insight Partners to discuss ReadWriteWeb's finances. Later, I get the meat sweats at Carnegie Deli and catch up on blog business before my flight home.
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I’m Waiting for the EBITDA: Visiting the ZDE Office in NYC
It's May 2008 and due diligence kicks off at Ziff Davis Enterprise headquarters, on 28th St in midtown Manhattan. Before that, I meet my ReadWriteWeb colleague Bernard Lunn for the first time.
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Due Diligence Begins in NYC and RWW Gets NZ Media Award
Just as ReadWriteWeb becomes one of the 10 most popular blogs in the world, I travel to New York to meet with Ziff Davis Enterprise about its proposed acquisition. Before leaving, I accept a local media award.
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A Deal Is Done and I Attend a Trippy Web 2.0 Party at Temple
In late April 2008, I sign a Letter of Intent to sell ReadWriteWeb to a US media company. Also, I attend a VIP Web 2.0 party in downtown San Francisco — where everyone seems high but me.
