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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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.
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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...
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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 by Supr.c.ilio.us at the end of 2005; also: I contemplate expanding ReadWriteWeb's business model.
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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. Also, Techmeme's Gabe Rivera and I talk about our nascent web businesses.
