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There's no such thing as Web 2.0

I've said before that I hate the term Web 2.0 but that it's more than a buzzword . Perhaps what I meant to say is what Marc Andreessen said: there's no such thing as Web 2.0 ( via Fred Wilson ) - thing being the key word there. The first Web 2.0 conference was held in the fall of 2004, and coincided...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-11-2007
Microsoft Silverlight

A lot of people are very excited about Silverlight , the technology that was formerly known as WPF/E. Jesse says it will give Flash a real run for its money because of a better video story (emphasis in original). Unlike Flash, Silverlight (the new name) will support DRM, it supports the industry standard...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 05-25-2007
An Anthropologist's Take on Web 2.0

The Machine is us. ( Link to the video )

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-09-2007
Web 2.0 is more than a buzzword

I hate buzzwords , but I agree with Kathy when she says that Web 2.0 is more than just a buzzword . It is not a meaningless term (or as Letterman might say, it's "not nothing"). Kathy makes the ever-important distinction between buzzwords (bad) and jargon (good). Ultimately, she says, Web 2.0 gives us...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-08-2007
notch.es is hiring

Notch.es is seeking ninjas . If you're a rock star, give Corey a call. I'm reposting the two job descriptions here. Don’t want to spend the next six months working under florescent lights on a corporate PC with no Internet access fixing someone else’s five year old code? Would you rather help build the...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 09-29-2006
Interesting Developments with Windows Live

Microsoft is embedding Live services within the operating system . This isn't really too surprising, considering it was one of the stated principles behind the effort from the start. (As a developer, it is exciting though). Microsoft appears to recognize that web applications are a complement, and not...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-21-2006
Thoughts on Bill Gates' pending departure

Microsoft must be crumbling - first Scoble and now Gates. The big news yesterday, of course, was Microsoft's announcment that Bill Gates is leaving his role as Chief Software Architect to focus on his foundation . (He will remain as chairman). Jason suggests that this was a step towards getting lean...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-16-2006
Entrepreneurial Proverbs

Marc Hedlund posted an indispensible set of Entrepreneurial Proverbs , distilled from his "Entrepeneurship for Geeks" talk at ETech last month. ( via )

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-11-2006
Webaroo seems so 1999 to me

At first glance, here's something I don't get: Webaroo . They store the content of Web pages for offline retrieval , apparently keeping it searchable and serving it alongside ads. Acer laptops will come with a 40Gb pre-packaged web pack. I'm sure, or at least I hope, they're doing something more than...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-10-2006

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