tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2011:/1/tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724- 2011-04-29T12:26:59Z Comments for Read/WriteWeb Turns 4 Movable Type 4.35-en tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724 2007-04-22T02:02:17Z 2007-12-16T23:11:24Z Read/WriteWeb Turns 4 Yesterday, 20 April, was the 4th anniversary of Read/WriteWeb's first official post (although I first tinkered with blogging in March 2002). It's amazing how much has happened in the last 4 years. A common question I get when I meet industry people is: how did you start R/WW? The short version is I started writing... Richard MacManus http://www.readwriteweb.com Yesterday, 20 April, was the 4th anniversary of Read/WriteWeb's first official post (although I first tinkered with blogging in March 2002). It's amazing how much has happened in the last 4 years. A common question I get when I meet industry people is: how did you start R/WW? The short version is I started writing Read/WriteWeb in the evenings 4 years ago, simply because I was passionate about Web technology and wanted to explore the read/write web, a.k.a. the two-way web - Dave Winer's term that pre-dated the term 'web 2.0'. For a long time the blog stayed a part-time hobby, albeit one that consumed my life more and more. It was only really when the web 2.0 trend started to take off in mid 2005 that Read/WriteWeb got popular too.

Then of course in 2006 the blog took over my life completely, as web 2.0 ramped up. Read/WriteWeb is now a media property and it's my full-time job to edit and manage the site. It is also no longer a 1-person blog, but has many talented people writing for it. Of course I'm continuing to grow the site, and there are some big plans in store for the rest of 2007.

If you're interested in more detail on how R/WW was born, check out this post I wrote on the 1-year anniversary. Here is a quick pictorial reminder of the old days:

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Pre-R/WW, this was my first ever blog post in March 2002


R/WW circa August 2003


The 'pencils' design, circa January 2005

]]> tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31791 Comment from Thejesh GN on 2007-04-27 Thejesh GN http://www.onofftips.com Congrats Richard

]]> 2007-04-27T16:14:53Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31790 Comment from Exploring Blogosphere on 2007-04-23 Exploring Blogosphere http://exploringblogosphere.com/ Congratulations, Richard.

it's so interesting to look at your old footprint.

and 4 years is such a long journey :-)

Keep on your good work!

]]> 2007-04-23T21:36:39Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31789 Comment from sameer on 2007-04-23 sameer http://www.zaptxt.com Congratulations Richard. Can't wait to see what's in store for 2007!

]]> 2007-04-23T18:08:50Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31788 Comment from Pramit on 2007-04-23 Pramit http://mediavidea.blogspot.com Congratulations, Richard.

Readwriteweb is slowly morphing into a nice technology magazine.

Keep up the good work.

]]> 2007-04-23T12:34:01Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31787 Comment from Lenny on 2007-04-22 Lenny http://www.polldaddy.com Congrats dude! Looking forward to another year of great content on RWW.

]]> 2007-04-22T20:09:23Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31786 Comment from Saket Kumar on 2007-04-22 Saket Kumar http://www.ulinkx.com/ Congrats RWW. I like you guys frank opinion and in-depth review.

]]> 2007-04-22T18:54:45Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31785 Comment from Misha on 2007-04-22 Misha http://www.czechidea.com Congrats -- I hope the living you are making with running RWW is the thing you ever wanted to do.

]]> 2007-04-22T10:12:06Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31784 Comment from Stan Schroeder on 2007-04-22 Stan Schroeder http://franticindustries.com 4 years, that's a nice milestone. Congratulations, and I hope to read R/WW for many more years to come!

]]> 2007-04-22T09:39:24Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31783 Comment from Saurier on 2007-04-22 Saurier http://momb.socio-kybernetics.net/ Felicidades y por muchos años mas

]]> 2007-04-22T08:56:57Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31782 Comment from Jason - CleverTools.com on 2007-04-22 Jason - CleverTools.com http://www.CleverTools.com Congratulations! Such a great milestone!

]]> 2007-04-22T07:37:29Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31781 Comment from Juha on 2007-04-22 Juha http://www.geekzone.co.nz/juha Many happy returns of the day... :)

]]> 2007-04-22T07:14:50Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31780 Comment from kaz on 2007-04-21 kaz Four years, holy moly, now that is dedication.

Congrats, by far the best blog focusing on web technology.

]]> 2007-04-22T06:47:41Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31779 Comment from Michael Vu on 2007-04-21 Michael Vu http://www.fantasysportsmatrix.com Congratulations! I have enjoyed your blog for a long time now, I wish you and R/WW the best.

You are an inspiration to a lot of bloggers. Cheers.

]]> 2007-04-22T06:34:49Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31778 Comment from Frank Gruber on 2007-04-21 Frank Gruber http://www.somewhatfrank.com Richard congrats on Read/Write Web turning 4! It was fun hanging out this past week in SF. Keep up the great work. ;)

]]> 2007-04-22T03:51:57Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31777 Comment from David Mackey on 2007-04-21 David Mackey http://www.davemackey.net/ Congratulations on four years!

]]> 2007-04-22T03:40:17Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31776 Comment from Kal on 2007-04-21 Kal Congratulations R/WW on your fourth birthday. May you have many more. :D

]]> 2007-04-22T03:34:45Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31775 Comment from Scott Carpenter on 2007-04-21 Scott Carpenter http://www.invoiceplace.com Congratulations Richard, just goes to show how hard work and persistence can pay off! :)

]]> 2007-04-22T03:34:31Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3724-comment:31774 Comment from ipanema on 2007-04-21 ipanema http://irishcornwall.blogspot.com Well then, Happy 4th, R/WW! Here's to more well-written articles to come!

What's your tradition? The whole R/WW team go bungee jumping in NZ? :)

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