Fred Wilson and Josh Kopelman take Jason Calacanis to task (if ever so slightly) over his definition of “Web 3.0″: “Web 3.0 is defined as the creation of high-quality content and services produced by gifted individuals using Web 2.0 technology as an enabling platform.” Blecch! If *that*
Read more →This is why I so badly wanted Brian Oberkirch at Defrag — he’s just damn smart! And while you’re digesting that, go read the pointer to Jyri’s post — I’m trying to find space to invite Jyri to Defrag. There are TONS of good things to think
Read more →Sorry for the light posting, I’m drowning in details over here as we enter the “window” of ramping to Defrag (along with a bunch of other stuff I have going on) — but I have not forgotten my beloved blog! Read/WriteWeb has a interesting piece about “10
Read more →Sometimes vacations afford you the opportunity to turn the prism of work on its side and look at things differently. On our recent jaunt to Vegas, we had the good fortune of seeing Cirque du Soleil’s production, KA. If you’ve ever seen Cirque du Soleil do *anything*
Read more →…or, let’s escape the echo chamber. If you’re like me and you follow tech obsessively, then there’s absolutely no doubt that you saw the soap-opera-like dustup in the blogosphere this weekend. Without debating the merits of any of it: Dave reacted to Jason’s talk at Gnomedex and
Read more →A few days ago, I addressed the “bubble 2.0″ talk. One of the comments that came up in response to my post was that the tech industry could get hurt as the mortgage woes and the credit crunch spread to consumer spending and bank lending (respectively). This
Read more →No, not Voldemort — the dreaded, “Web 3.0.” Ugh. Eric Schmidt actually addresses the question (like a dutiful CEO) in a video that you can check out over on Read/WriteWeb. According to Mr. Schmidt, “web 3.0″ is characterized by “apps are relatively small, the data is in
Read more →My oh my, turn on the blogosphere this morning and what do I find? A serious brouhaha brewing and boiling because Dvorak went and wrote the tiresome, “Bubble 2.0″ (“we’re in one and it’ll end badly”). Go read all of the techmeme links if you want the
Read more →Marc has a really interesting post about how brainstorming may not be the most effective way to come up with ideas. He points to studies that have found that people working in “real groups” (physically in the same room) are less effective than people working in “virutal
Read more →We’ve been talking a lot lately about the implicit web — and largely in the “discovery” sense…ie, companies that help you to “discover” something (or discover something about you) via actions. But there’s another side to the implicit web — the assembly side. Context can be found
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