Book deal and new ZDNet blog
A couple of weeks ago I began my new life as a full-time freelance Web Analyst and Writer.
One of the things I'll be doing is co-writing a book for O'Reilly Media on the topic of Web 2.0. I started writing it this week.
I've also just started a ZDNet blog, called Web 2.0 Explorer. There are two posts up there already, including one I wrote tonight entitled What is Web 2.0.
With all this Web 2.0 writing I'm doing, you may be wondering what's going to happen to Read/Write Web? Don't worry, my focus here on R/WW will remain on Web 2.0. Indeed I will be doing more detailed analysis and theory posts on the topic. There'll be more deep thinking and I'll be blogging ideas that I plan to cover in the book. I've been impressed by Chris Anderson's ability to develop ideas and gather feedback from the blogosphere about The Long Tail for his book, so I'm hoping to do something similar here.
Oh and I have some exciting new features to try out on Read/Write Web. Stay tuned ;-)
So, over the coming months I'll be drilling down into Web 2.0 on R/WW, in a book, and on my new ZDNet blog. The next step is probably to get a Web 2.0 tattoo.
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Can you say more about what will differentiate the ZDNet blog from this one?
Richard,
Congrats on hitting the ground running, and writing, as a freelance. Congrats in particular on the book deal. Will you be posting drafts online, a la Red Couch?
Congrats, great news Richard. Keep it up!
Alex.
Hey Richard,
I know I owe you an email already, but couldn't go by this one without adding a congratulatory note...
Well done. You don't muck around.
Charles.
Andrew C, the main difference is that I'll be blogging twice as much about Web 2.0 ;-) The ZDNet blog is a paid gig and now that I'm freelance it makes up part of my income. So I have more time for blogging.
Apart from that, as I mentioned in this post I plan to do more ideas-based and analysis posts on R/WW - in some ways returning to my blogging roots, because I started out doing that back in April 2003.
Andrew W, I probably won't post drafts online. But I will certainly be posting about the ideas and themes I'm writing about in the book.
You should definitely do that tattoo - and make sure you post a pic :-)
That's awesome news Richard. Congratulations.
Richard MacManus has ARRIVED! Congratulations!
Wow, an actual celebrity-type will be staying at my house next month. :-)
Richard McManus today.
Jason Calcanis, Batelle, Denton tomorrow.
Break on through Richard to quote The Doors Movie
Blog on.
Richard-
Congrats on the book deal. If you nip down to LA while you're on the US west coast next month, drop me a line!
Kareem
Does not anyone else feel that "Web 2.0" is an even worse name than "AJAX?"
Richard, congrats!