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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Microsoft Search Champs and the Gift Basket, January 2006
I fly to Seattle for Microsoft Search Champs and to meet up again with my blog buddies. But there's a problem: no gift basket! Later I meet Erik Benson at the office of his startup, The Robot Co-op.
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The Web 2.0 Illuminati: Are We in Another Internet Bubble?
My cover as leader of the Web 2.0 Illuminati is blown in November 2005, while mainstream media reports on another internet bubble. Also, I contemplate expanding ReadWriteWeb's business.
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Spicy Noodles: Dave Winer and the Web 2.0 Workgroup
The Web 2.0 Workgroup forms and I meet one of my web heroes: Dave Winer, the creator of RSS 2.0. Also, Techmeme's Gabe Rivera and I talk about our nascent web businesses.
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Richard Goes to Yahoo! — Talking RSS and Blogging in 2005
On a cloudless day in October 2005, a week after the Web 2.0 Conference, I visit the gleaming yellow and purple Yahoo! campus to talk RSS and blogging with the company's resident bloggers.
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The Colors of Web 2.0 Party, October 2005
I attend a hyped Web 2.0 party hosted by Flock, del.icio.us, Flickr, Odeo, and other trendy startups. Later in the night, I desparately try to catch the last Caltrain back to Silicon Valley.
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Day 2 of the 2005 Web 2.0 Conference
I watch entrepreneur Jason Calacanis celebrate selling his Web 2.0 blog business to AOL; later I have a drink by myself at the House of Shields, and think about pre-internet days.
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Revving Up at the 2005 Web 2.0 Conference
I'm there for the opening day of the second annual Web 2.0 Conference, held at the Argent Hotel in San Francisco. Plus I get to meet Mr Web 2.0 himself, O'Reilly Media CEO Tim O'Reilly.
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Arriving at the TechCrunch Ranch As Web 2.0 Hype Begins
My first trip to Silicon Valley in 2005 — when I get to know Mike Arrington, the founder of a new blog called TechCrunch, and Gabe Rivera, the founder of a new aggregator called Techmeme.
