We Need a Sceptic

Posted by Ian Delaney at 10:26 am blogs, stuff, web 2.0
Sep 222006
We Need a Sceptic

[Update: some of the links that were below don't work anymore, so I've removed them]
Dead 2.0 is a funny tech blog. The author posts anonymously under the name ‘Skeptic’, and enjoys deflating the hype around Web 2.0 startups with posts like ‘Funding the Web 2.0 gravy train’ and ‘Secret to why you should invest in Dogster revealed’. One of his …read the rest of this article

Now We Are 2.0

Posted by Ian Delaney at 11:20 am stuff, web 2.0
Sep 052006
Now We Are 2.0

You know we’re in trouble when people start comparing the Web 2.0 trend to postmodernism. In my general experience, it’s a sure sign that the conversation is about to disappear up its own backside. However, praise is due to Dr Paddy Byers who very cleverly teased out some of the links in a piece he wrote last week.
Generally speaking, postmodernists …read the rest of this article

Jul 282006
Yahoo! and China

Wondered about Yahoo! and China? Censored search results? Shopping journalists to a communist state machine?
Here’s what a company spokesperson told me:
“Yahoo! opposes the punishment of any person on the grounds of what may be called free speech. We firmly oppose that. However, we have to abide by the local laws of whatever country we operate in. If we did not, …read the rest of this article

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