I talked with Wikia CEO Gil Penchina yesterday about the most recent re-design of the Wikia site. I wanted to know their goals and what progress the company has made Continue reading »

One of the strongest, but least hyped, uses of web 2.0 technologies over the past couple of years has been e-learning. We've covered this topic extensively on Read/WriteWeb - and Continue reading »

This afternoon at Supernova thirteen companies selected by TechCrunch and Supernova, from 130 applicants, presented at the Connected Innovators Session. The companies presented to a panel of experts including Continue reading »

Read/WriteWeb is looking for writers to do startup and web product reviews. Currently we are being inundated with emails from startups wanting us to profile them, but it's no longer Continue reading »

Udi Manber, Google's VP of Engineering, gave a brief 15 minute presentation at Supernova today entitled Search is a Hard Problem. He explained that with an audience like Supernova, he Continue reading »

I'm at the Supernova conference in San Francisco this week. In this post I review a panel entitled, 'Virtual Life or Virtual Hype'. The panel was moderated by Sandra Kearney Continue reading »

Big blocks of text just aren't very interesting. That's why we usually dress up our posts with images, diagrams, or videos. It's a fairly common occurrence, both on this blog Continue reading »

I'm attending Supernova this year and will be covering the event for Read/WriteWeb. In addition to attending various panels, I participated in the conference today by giving a quick presentation Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Continuous_Partial_Attention_2'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; The ways in which we consume and pay attention to information are changing. The changes are not minor, they are Continue reading »

According to recent Compete data, digg has overtaken Facebook in number of unique visitors and has grown 1400% in one year. Compete's May 2007 data states that digg had 22.6 Continue reading »