Blog networks are all the rage now–perhaps inspired by Jason Calacanis and the sale of Weblogs, Inc to AOL. While it’s unlikely that all such networks (here is a list of 35) will make money, I think the best do a good job of collecting interesting content. With that in mind, I’m […]

Web 2.0, Blogging | 1 Comment »

I’m at the BlogOn conference today and tomorrow. My takeaways so far:

From a panel with Jeff Jarvis: centralized control over brand and community identity is no longer possible. This is an interesting, scary, and empowering idea. Think about it: until recently, companies (especially large ones) could generally define and control […]

Web 2.0, Startup Ideas, Blogging, Technology Trends, Business Models | 12 Comments »

A few observations from the Web 2.0 conference:

Google’s influence was almost everywhere. On the positive side, as Mary Meeker pointed out, Google has given many startups an advertising-based business model: while the company generated $1.4B in Q2 revenue, Google also paid out $494M in the same time period to thousands of partners (though […]

Web 2.0, Venture Capital, Startup Ideas, Technology Trends, Business Models | 5 Comments »

30gigs.com just introduced a new email service with–guess how much!–30 gigs of storage. The company also plans a virtual “file locker,” which would give customers the ability to easily store and retrieve files on servers managed by 30gigs.com. Moreover, 30gigs.com isn’t done–their “main goal” is to increase the per account storage allotment […]

Ajax, Web 2.0, Technology Trends, Business Models | 25 Comments »

I always liked Erector Sets (but probably not as much as these people). My favorite inventions rarely came from following the instruction kit, though. Instead, we combined different ideas to form our own monstrosities.
Maybe this is why I like mashups (which is the new buzzword for composite applications created by […]

Web 2.0, Startup Ideas, Technology Trends | 12 Comments »