Category: web2.0
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Tim O’Reilly handles it well
If anything, this ‘global’ blog-conversation concerning the term ‘web2.0’ is an excellent (and ironic) case-study of the power of the ‘real-time-web’ (or Web2.0). Read on… Tim O’Reilly handles it well — almost » mathewingram.com/work I hope Tim O’Reilly’s houseboating trip on Lake Powell was relaxing, because he came back to a boatload of stress as…
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Who is McKenzie Wark? The Future of the Book
McKenzie Wark is a well-know Australian newmedia theorist. He is the author of three books, Virtual Geography, The Virtual Republic and Celebrities Culture and Cyberspace. He was a co-editor of the Nettime anthology Readme! and with Brad Miller co-produced the multimedia work Planet of Noise. He lives and works in New York (see more here…)…
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What is Podcasting? Ask a Ninja
Ever wondered what Podcasting was? Well here is an explanation from a Ninja. And the funny thing is, if your search via ‘Ninja’ on youtube, you fill find lots of copycat Ninjas. In fact there is a whole cult of Ninjas (but this one appears to be the chief Ninja). Thanks to Andrew G for…
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Blog Manifesto
This is a 'blog manifesto' from a network of blogs called 'hardbloggin scientists' (thanks to jill.txt). But I am not sure that I actually like manifestos; they are just a little, well, unsophisticated (perhaps the best ones aren't as obvious, but I'll give this one a go anyway…I especially like the 'spread the love' bit). Manifest V0.1 I…
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Web2.0 O’Reilly versus Irish web company
There has been an interesting debate brewing in the blogosphere the past few days because O'Reilly of text book fame has sent a legal letter to a company in Cork in Ireland telling them that they can't use the term 'web2.0' for thier seminar. This seems a little, well, petty to me. The term is banal and although…