web2.0 archive

January 27, 2009

Look Ma, No Forms!

I’ve noticed a few new services that have replaced the traditional registration form (email/password) with email as an alternative sign-up method. TripIt, a travel service…

January 20, 2009

Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov

Following the inauguration, whitehouse.gov has been updated to reflect the Obama administration’s promise to use interactive media to make government more open and accessible. I’m…

September 24, 2008

Not Feeling It: TimesPeople

I’m not sold on NYTimes.com new feature, TimesPeople, a social tool designed to share your activity – reading, rating, commenting – with other NYT members….

March 12, 2008

Who owns Social Media?

Recently, “Digg hired Allen & Co.”:http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/17/source-digg-hires-bank-hoping-to-sell-for-300-million-or-more/ to “explore its options” which is how Investment Bankers say “for sale”. For a site like Digg it is…

August 8, 2007

Please stop

Eric Schmidt from Google decides it’s time to “define Web 3.0″:http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/eric_schmidt_defines_web_30.php.

March 7, 2007

Digital media roundup

An article in Advertising Age asked a panel of digital experts for their thoughts on the biggest trend or challenge in today’s online space. Not…

January 31, 2007

Price Protectr

Here is a great idea for a site. “PriceProtectr”:http://www.priceprotectr.com/ monitors sites with price guarantees and let’s you know if the price of an item changes….

January 5, 2007

Adbrite is Alright

A very interesting new video product called “Adbrite”:http://www.adbrite.com/mb/about_video.php has launched. It is a great product for embedable video. Here is how it works. You upload…

December 6, 2006

Yahoo launches citizen journalism site

Yesterday, Yahoo launched “You Witness News”:http://news.yahoo.com/you-witness, a site that allows users to upload photos and videos for use on Yahoo News and “Reuters”:http://today.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage.aspx?type=youwitness&src=cms. Both companies…

December 6, 2006

Open Source Freakonomics

Arguably one of the most influential books of the decade is Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner’s “Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of…