One of the frequently touted ingredients of Web 2.0 is the idea of the “web as platform”, and providing software as a service. In some respects, this isn’t a new thing at all. I got pitched the idea of using an ASP (application service provider) for the first time in 2000. Citrix was founded in [...]
October 3, 2006
Time magazine interviews Eric Schmidt. Big thumbs up for the technologies Google is already pushing, as you might expect. Not too sure he answers the question, though… Q. In what ways are all the new tech startups — the so-called Web 2.0 companies — changing the competitive landscape for Google? A. Web 2.0 is a marketing term, [...]
September 20, 2006
More tightly integrated with its owner, that is. I’ve always wondered how Writely was supposed to make any money. Today’s email brings a clue. New users or the users you invite to collaborate on documents will need to get themselves a gmail/gcalendar/gpersonalised account to participate. Good move, I think. Writely is a cool tool, but [...]
August 29, 2006
More blog entries on this subject than any other yesterday, with 1811 posts and counting, according to Technorati. Back in reality, here’s what alexaholic has to say about four of the best-known hosted office products versus one RSS aggregator service. Bear in mind that only 9% of US employees even know what RSS is. alexa website [...]
August 7, 2006
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 [...]
October 30, 2006