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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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.
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Introduction to Bubble Blog, a Memoir of Web 2.0 (2004-2011)
The introductory chapter of my serialized memoir and internet history book, 'Bubble Blog: From Outsider to Insider in Silicon Valley's Web 2.0 Revolution'. Recounts my first trip to Silicon Valley.
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Announcing Bubble Blog, My Web 2.0 Memoir
The announcement of my latest book, a memoir and internet history to be serialized on Cybercultural. Travel back to the Web 2.0 era and the beginnings of social media, smartphones, and more.
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Twitter in 2007: The Open Platform That Wasn't
How do Bluesky and Mastodon compare with Twitter in 2007? Nobody quite knew what Twitter was back then, yet developers were already building on it — not realizing the platform risks.
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The Golden Age of Microblogging, With Soup.io and Tumblr
I take a nostalgic trip back to 2007-11, when Tumblr, Soup.io, FriendFeed and other microblogging apps roamed the web. Also: are activity streams poised to make a comeback on the fediverse? 🍲
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Check-In Culture: Foursquare Raps by the Go-Bang Mayor
I look back on a forgotten age in social media, when you used a location-based app like Foursquare to check-in to a place 100 times and take photos of your huevos rancheros 🍳 🫘 ☕
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Flickr Before Smartphones and Instagram
What was it like using Flickr in early Web 2.0, before smartphones came along and before Instagram changed everything? It was an age of digital cameras and low-quality PXTs from mobile phones 📸
