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About Richard MacManus

Richard MacManus is the Founder and Editor in Chief of ReadWriteWeb. New Zealander MacManus founded ReadWriteWeb in 2003 and grew his blog about the changing Internet into an international team of journalists. ReadWriteWeb is read by millions of thought leaders and consumers, and is syndicated daily by the New York Times. Still grounded in MacManus' thoughtful exploration of emerging trends, ReadWriteWeb is known for offering some of the most insightful commentary available about each day's Internet industry news.

From the early days of disruptive publishing tools like blogging, social networks and YouTube, into the fast-approaching future of machine learning, aggregate data analysis and other meta-trends, MacManus has for years been recognized as a leader in articulating what's coming next in technology and, more importantly, what it means.

You can contact him at editor@readwriteweb.com. NOTE: Story ideas and product pitches should be emailed to tips@readwriteweb.com. This address reaches the editor and the main writers of ReadWriteWeb.

Richard MacManus Archive

Note: number of comments in brackets

03/12/10: What Google Will Do in China (SXSW Presentation) (10)
03/11/10: First Look at TechStars Historical Results Data (10)
03/ 8/10: Digital Activism: An Interview with Mary Joyce (8)
03/ 5/10: China's Twitter Clones (27)
03/ 4/10: China's Top 3 Social Network Sites (10)
03/ 3/10: McKinsey: Get Ready For Sensor-Driven Business Models (8)
03/ 2/10: Announcing The ReadWriteWeb Mobile Summit (1)
03/ 1/10: Censorship in China: How ReadWriteWeb China Was Closed Down For a Month (15)
02/27/10: Weekly Wrapup: Google vs. China, And More... (5)
02/25/10: Historic Conversation in NYC: Ai Weiwei, Jack Dorsey & Richard MacManus (2)
02/25/10: Are Modern Web Apps Killjoys? (15)
02/24/10: ReadWriteWeb Co-Hosting SXSW Party With PBS, NPR & Others (1)
02/24/10: Despite Tough Talk, Google Still Censoring in China (7)
02/23/10: Why The iPad May Save The Internet Fridge (26)
02/22/10: Everyware: Interview with Adam Greenfield, Part 1 (1)
02/20/10: Weekly Wrap-up: The Week in Web Technology (1)
02/18/10: How The Internet Can Impede Democracy (9)
02/17/10: Open Thread: Is China Really Threatened by U.S. Social Media? (30)
02/15/10: 2010 Winter Olympics iPhone Apps (6)
02/14/10: iPhone Apps For The Masses: Health & Fitness (31)
02/13/10: Weekly Wrap-up: The Week in Web Technology (1)
02/10/10: Kids on The Web: Are They Satisfied With Virtual Worlds and Games? (14)
02/ 8/10: Green Goose: Save Money Using Sensors (9)
02/ 8/10: Survey: How Kids 12 & Under Use Web Technology (9)
02/ 6/10: Weekly Wrapup: The Week in Web Technology (4)
02/ 5/10: Top 10 Web Widgets (8)
02/ 2/10: Mobile App or Browser-Based Site? Report Says The Browser Will Win on Mobile (29)
02/ 2/10: Social Networks for Things (8)
02/ 1/10: Sensors to Help You Get Fit - From Nike, Adidas & Others (26)
01/30/10: Weekly Wrapup: The Week in Web Technology (3)
01/28/10: Announcing The ReadWriteWeb iPhone App (14)
01/27/10: The Emerging Era of Alert Services - For Almost Anything (5)
01/26/10: Arrayent Called The Cisco of Internet of Things (3)
01/25/10: Using Your Mobile Phone as a Proximity Sensor (9)
01/25/10: Announcing ReadWriteCloud, Our New Channel on Cloud Computing & Virtualization (3)
01/24/10: Top Topic Trackers (Updated List) (12)
01/23/10: Weekly Wrapup: Topic Trackers, Facebook Privacy, Mobile Web Sensors, And More... (3)
01/22/10: IBM CEO on Lessons & Opportunities in Internet of Things (4)
01/21/10: Top Tools For Tracking Topics on the Web (30)
01/19/10: Chinese Premier Talks Up Internet of Things (6)
01/19/10: How Many of You Subscribe to Topic Feeds? (48)
01/17/10: 2010 Trend: Sensors & Mobile Phones (11)
01/16/10: Weekly Wrapup: Facebook Privacy, RFID in iPhone, Nexus Review, And More... (8)
01/14/10: The Evolving Online Finance Ecosystem (15)
01/13/10: iPhone as RFID Tag & Reader: Coming Soon (17)
01/12/10: Mobile Web Meets Internet of Things: Barcode Scanning (19)
01/10/10: Top 10 YouTube Videos of All Time (139)
01/ 9/10: Weekly Wrapup: Google Nexus One, CES Coverage, Online Finance, And More... (2)
01/ 7/10: Web Apps Meet Consumer Electronics at CES (8)
01/ 5/10: 5 Reasons Why RSS Readers Still Rock (31)
01/ 2/10: Consumer Electronics 2.0: MIT's Henry Holtzman on The Internet of Things (1)
12/31/09: ReadWriteWeb's Top 5 Web Trends of 2009 (2)
12/30/09: Top 5 Web Trends of 2009: Internet of Things (1)
12/29/09: Top 5 Web Trends of 2009: Mobile Web & Augmented Reality (4)
12/29/09: Wolfram|Alpha: The Use Cases (2)
12/28/09: Top 5 Web Trends of 2009: Personalization (5)
12/27/09: Top 5 Web Trends of 2009: The Real-Time Web (10)
12/26/09: Top 5 Web Trends of 2009: Structured Data (11)
12/25/09: ReadWriteWeb Interview With Tim Berners-Lee, Part 1: Linked Data (7)
12/24/09: 2009 Year in Review (4)
12/24/09: 2010 Predictions (69)
12/21/09: Best LittleCo of 2009 & Most Promising for 2010 (4)
12/20/09: RSS Reader Market in Disarray, Continues to Decline (161)
12/20/09: Data.gov Captchas Get Political (9)
12/19/09: Weekly Wrapup Special: Best Products & BigCo of 2009 (7)
12/18/09: Poll Results: ReadWriteWeb Readers Pick The Top 10 Products of 2009 (15)
12/17/09: Reader Poll: Top 10 Web Products of 2009 (Last Chance to Vote!) (8)
12/17/09: BlueKai: Intent Data or Black Box? (4)
12/16/09: Best BigCo of 2009 (4)
12/16/09: Morgan Stanley: Mobile Internet Market Will Be Twice The Size of Desktop Internet (40)
12/15/09: Interim Results: Vote Now For Your Favorite Web Products of 2009 (17)
12/15/09: How Google Can Combat Content Farms (20)
12/14/09: Vote Now For Your Favorite Web Products of 2009 (88)
12/13/09: Content Farms: Why Media, Blogs & Google Should Be Worried (76)
12/10/09: iBARCODE: Real-Time Price Search Engine Launches (8)
12/ 9/09: wikiHow vs. eHow: Is The Wiki Way Better Than Content Farms? (61)
12/ 8/09: Top 10 Internet of Things Products of 2009 (17)
12/ 7/09: What is The Memex? Xerox Presents Trailmeme (14)
12/ 6/09: Favrd Shuts Down - Not Twitter's Last Laugh (Thank you, Textism) (6)
12/ 5/09: Weekly Wrapup: Best Web Products 2009, Part 1 (3)
12/ 4/09: FedEx Joins the Internet of Things With SenseAware (5)
12/ 2/09: Top 10 Semantic Web Products of 2009 (42)
12/ 1/09: Introducing ReadWriteWeb's New COO: Sean Ammirati (14)
11/30/09: Totally Virtual: How ReadWriteWeb Operates (14)
11/30/09: Your Favorite Mobile Apps: Facebook, Tweetie, Google Maps, Foursquare, and More (5)
11/28/09: Weekly Wrapup: World's Most Influential Websites, Thanksgiving Apps, New AOL Branding, And More... (4)
11/27/09: Your Favorite Mobile Apps of 2009 (Reader Survey) (76)
11/24/09: The Most Influential Websites in the World: Wikipedia #1, Twitter #4 With a Bullet (30)
11/24/09: Mint Data Shows Online Retail Rebounding (3)
11/23/09: Online Retail Thriving: 8% Growth Expected This Holiday Season (5)
11/22/09: Top Internet Trends of 2000-2009: E-commerce (26)
11/21/09: Weekly Wrapup: Google Chrome OS, Obama's Twitter, Blogging Statistics, And More... (1)
11/18/09: A Central Nervous System for Earth: HP's Ambitious Sensor Network (12)
11/18/09: Top Internet Trends of 2000-2009: Democratization of News Media (9)
11/16/09: Tim Berners-Lee in Africa: Web Foundation Announces 2 New Projects (7)
11/13/09: Ad-Driven Content - Is it Crossing The Line? (21)
11/12/09: How Demand Media Produces 4,000 Pieces of Content a Day (46)
11/11/09: ReadWriteWeb Spain: Our Fourth Country Channel (4)
11/11/09: Top Internet Trends of 2000-2009: Online Music (35)
11/10/09: 40% of People "Friend" Brands on Facebook (18)

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