Conversation aggregators vs. social network aggegators
A comparison of early social aggregators FriendFeed and Socialthing, analyzing their strengths for tech conversations versus personal social updates.
A comparison of early social aggregators FriendFeed and Socialthing, analyzing their strengths for tech conversations versus personal social updates.
A 2008 review of FriendFeed, a web 3.0 startup aggregating updates from 35+ social media sites, analyzing its features and limitations.
A 2008 critique of the original iPhone's lack of true Web 2.0 capabilities, focusing on push notifications, an open app store, and video streaming.
Analyzes if Web 2.0 can become profitable by moving beyond simple ads to targeted, data-driven referrals, using Mint.com as a key example.
A 2008 article praising Adobe AIR's cross-platform capabilities and potential, lamenting the lack of mainstream applications built for it.