Category: Web 2.0

  • Any questions for Dan Bricklin?

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    Dan Bricklin is the inventor of the spreadsheet. Dan, along with Bob Frankston released the world’s first spreadsheet, called VisiCalc in 1979. Dan has worked on many projects since and recently has started work on wikiCalc – an open source, online spreadsheet application. I’m interviewing Dan this coming Tuesday afternoon (10th Oct 2006) for a…

  • Finally, an outstanding online RSS reader

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    I have had issues with Google Reader (Google’s online RSS/feed reader) in the past but in the latest update to Google Reader, released today most of those issues have been addressed. Lots of people are posting opinions on this from Marshall Kirkpatrick on TechCrunch to Robert Scoble on Scobleizer to Richard McManus on the ReadWrite…

  • Zune to illegally add DRM to podcasts?

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    Microsoft is to launch the Zune on November 14th according to its PR site. This date is just in time for the American holiday of Thanksgiving. What is not clear from the site is if this is an American launch date of a global launch date. I wrote, in not too glowing terms previously about…

  • Yahoo's open hackday

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    Yahoo’s first open Hackday is starting this coming Friday (29th) in Sunnyvale California. Upcoming.org has more details including details on how to register. Michael Arrington is MC’ing the event and good friend Salim Ismail is one of the judges. Apparently there is a surprise band showing up as well – no I can’t confirm it…

  • I slapped Microsoft in the face (and lived to tell the tale!)

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    Well, I made it out alive! I went to the Microsoft internal management meeting in Switzerland (Bürgenstock – a beautiful resort overlooking Lake Lucerne), told them their web 2.0 offerings sucked, and why. I have to say that their reaction was remarkably positive to my (metaphorically) slapping them in the face! They did challenge some…

  • Any questions for Sam Sethi?

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    Sam Sethi is an entrepreneur, technologist (entrepologist) and consultant. Sam has worked in the IT industry for over 15 years for companies like Microsoft (strategy director in MSN UK ), Netscape, Gateway Computers and CMGi, in a variety of senior technical and marketing roles. Most recently Sam has been charged with setting up TechCrunch UK.…

  • Are Microsoft at the Web 2.0 races?

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    I have been asked to give a presentation, on Microsoft’s relevance in the Web 2.0 arena. What do people think, are Microsoft a player in this sphere? They have Office Live, Windows Live Mail, MSN Spaces and they are a big supporter of RSS – it will be baked into the next versions of Internet…

  • IT@Cork Web 2.0 conference talks podcast

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    I finally got around to putting up the talks from the IT@Cork Web 2.0 Conference! Shel Israel led off the talks at the IT@Cork Web 2.0 conference with a great introduction to blogs and social media – drawing very much on his experience co-authoring a book on business blogging called Naked Conversations called Naked Conversations…