Archive for the ‘web 2.0’ Category
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Some of the folks may know that I wrote some code last year (when I was really bored). One of them is called "Web Profiler", a 3-D web profiling tool that produces deep information about web performance.
Part of the inspiration of Web Profiler is due to my years of ...
Posted in Main Page, WebDev, startup, web 2.0 | 1 Comment »
Monday, October 27th, 2008
The wild popularity of Ajax fueled widespread usage of JavaScript. Almost every web 2.0 application relies on JavaScript to deliver front end interactivity. A growing list of JavaScript libraries (over 200+) are being created by various Ajax developers, some of which have gathered significant community adoption.
Though the usage of ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Yahoo’s Performance team summarized their experience in web performance optimization into 14 rules in general (Reference 4, http://stevesouders.com/examples/rules.php):
1. Make Fewer HTTP Requests
2. Use a Content Delivery Network
3. Add an Expires Header
4. Gzip Components
5. Put Stylesheets at the Top
6. Put Scripts at the Bottom
7. Avoid CSS Expressions
8. Make JavaScript and CSS External
9. Reduce DNS Lookups
10. Minify JavaScript
11. Avoid Redirects
12. Remove Duplicate Scripts
13. Configure ETags
14. Make ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
This is a little premature, but the deal is done. Following the core tenets that I believe this venture fund should operate, I'm "un-announcing" a $50K fund with Microsoft here in a web 2.0 way. The official PR/press will follow in the next month or so, pending the ...
Posted in humor, software business model, web 2.0 | 4 Comments »
Monday, March 31st, 2008
The Web is one of the most important technological as well as social/cultural developments in our life. Its global impact is rooted in its openness and its capability to evolve on a democratic basis.
However, I have concerns. I'm concerned about the significant corporate interests driving towards "unweb". Not to ...
Posted in web 2.0 | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
What is the reason for this Obama phenomenon? Why is it happening right now, at this moment of history?
Is it because of his eloquent speeches? Is it because people in this country are so tired of the current reality that they want to depart from it as far as possible? ...
Posted in politics, web 2.0 | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
Enterprise 2.0 Conference (http://enterprise2conf.com/) is going on here at Boston Westin Waterfront this week. Nexaweb is showing its Enterprise Web 2.0 Platform here.
Enterprise 2.0 is a term initially coined by Harvard Business School professor Andrew McAfee just about one year ago. His definition was much more around things like wikis, ...
Posted in conference, software business model, web 2.0 | 3 Comments »
Thursday, May 17th, 2007
Today is the fourth annual MIT CIO Symposium. The weather could have been better and parking could have been much better (my house is within 25 minutes walking distance from MIT. I drove instead and spent 30 minutes looking for parking) - but the conference is fairly well attended. My ...
Posted in WebDev, conference, web 2.0 | 2 Comments »
Monday, April 2nd, 2007
I am not as familiar with west coast VCs and have not run into Peter Rip, a general partner at Crosslink Capital. In general, looking at his blog EarlyStageVC, Peter is quite well informed and intelligent – which is why I was highly surprised to see a post from him ...
Posted in software business model, web 2.0 | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
Web 2.0 Re-examined:
The Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value
Summary
Web 2.0 is the next evolution of the web that has a new usage paradigm as well as a new technology paradigm. The former is characterized by “architecture of participation” and the latter is characterized by “architecture of partition”.
Web 2.0 is ...
Posted in software business model, web 2.0 | 7 Comments »
Friday, December 29th, 2006
Web 2.0 Re-examined: the Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value
The Business Value of Web 2.0 for Enterprises
A Better Way for Enterprise IT
Corporate IT has always been centered on application development and maintenance. Each evolution of computing, from mainframe to client/server to web 1.0, brings dramatically improved efficiency, significantly ...
Posted in software business model, web 2.0 | 5 Comments »
Monday, December 18th, 2006
Web 2.0 Re-examined: the Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value
The Rise of a Web 2.0 Technology Stack
The Fundamental Flaws of Web 1.0
Web 1.0 was designed for sharing and browsing hyper-linked documents. Its technology stack serves this purpose well. However, it was never meant for applications and has following ...
Posted in web 2.0 | 7 Comments »
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Web 2.0 Re-examined: the Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value
Web 2.0: The Paradigm Shifts
Web 2.0 refers to the 2nd generation web that is driven by two paradigm shifts from the first generation web:
A usage paradigm shift
A technology paradigm shift
Architecture of Participation: A Usage Paradigm Shift
The usage paradigm shift ...
Posted in web 2.0 | 4 Comments »
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Web 2.0 Re-examined: the Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value
What Is Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 is the next evolution of the web that has a new usage paradigm as well as a new technology paradigm. The former is characterized by “architecture of participation” and the latter is characterized by “architecture ...
Posted in web 2.0 | 5 Comments »
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Web 2.0 Re-examined: the Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value
Web 2.0: the State of Confusion
Web 2.0 is exciting, but there are lots of confusions today, even among noted experts.
There are two schools of opinions among experts. The first school is critical of Web 2.0. This group is represented ...
Posted in web 2.0 | 4 Comments »
