Web 2.0
Internet history covering the Web 2.0 period, roughly between 2004-2012. Including the serialization of my Web 2.0 memoir: Bubble Blog: From Outsider to Insider in Silicon Valley's Web 2.0 Revolution.
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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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ReadWriteWeb Growth in 2005, Before My First US Trip
I first visited the US in late September 2005. For the nine months prior, my tech blog Read/WriteWeb rapidly grew and was starting to evolve into a professional blog business.
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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.
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A Call With Tim O’Reilly After the First Web 2.0 Conference
I interview Tim O'Reilly, the man who coined Web 2.0 and a key Silicon Valley figure, but I wonder if he thinks my questions suck; also, I begin experimenting with earning money from blogging.
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Marc Andreessen in 2004: Adapting to a New Web Era
How Netscape founder Marc Andreessen moved from enterprise software to the emerging social software market over 2004, with a new startup called Ning.
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The First Web 2.0 Conference in 2004: A New Bubble Begins
I tune into the 2004 Web 2.0 Conference and learn about network effects and data sharecroppers. Meanwhile I conduct my first major interview as a tech blogger, with a former multimedia star.
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Blogging in 2003–2004: The Early Years of ReadWriteWeb
ReadWriteWeb began as a Radio Userland weblog in April 2003. Its author was a naive young man from New Zealand, passionate about web technology and exploring the still nascent blogosphere.
