I’d been hoping to interview Tim O’Reilly since starting work on the book. As the person widely recognised as having coined the expression ‘Web 2.0′, I wanted to know more about what he thought of the way it was all going. He’s a nice guy to talk to, by the way. He’s better humoured, but also grumpier
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Stephen Taylor is the RVP and MD Search & Search Marketing at Yahoo! UK. Before Yahoo!, he was the MD of Overture Europe. I, on the other hand, am a little-known hack from South West London with a penchant for strong lager and pizzas. Stephen may also like those things. How are the new changes to Yesterday, I spoke with Mark Opzoomer. Mark was the MD of Yahoo! Europe between 2001 and 2003. Now he’s involved in a number of ventures, but I was talking to him about his participation with Garlik. Garlik is set to launch as an online privacy service later this year. The idea is that they’ll scour the web Martin Stiksel of London-based music networking site last.fm tells me that the company will release a new and improved version of its software tomorrow. Currently, the site uses a set of plug-ins to report your playing habits to the company’s massive database. And a standalone player that plays you recommendations according to what it has gleaned about Michael Birch, the founder of bebo.com, is urbane and witty. He laughs easily and naturally. Dammit, I’ve seen pictures of him and he’s attractive, too. I’m hot and sweaty as the sun pours in through the window behind me. My gelled-up hair has flopped. I’m at an immediate and lasting disadvantage but try to Continue reading Be-boom or bust — the ingredients of a social network I have been lucky enough to interview Paul Graham, partner at venture firm Y Combinator and author of Hackers and Painters, about Web 2.0 and some of the business issues it has provoked. Paul has an interesting take on who is going to be powerful in coming years: “A hacker with design sense is |             | |||
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