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The Golden Age of Microblogging, with Soup.io and Tumblr
I take a nostalgic trip back to 2007-11, when Tumblr, Soup.io, FriendFeed and other microblogging apps roamed the web. Also: are activity streams poised to make a comeback on the fediverse? π²
Richard MacManus
Mar 22
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Foursquare Raps by the Go-Bang Mayor
I look back on a forgotten age in social media, when you checked-in to a place 100 times and took photos of your huevos rancheros π³ π« β
Richard MacManus
Feb 21
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Flickr Before Smartphones and Instagram
What was it like using Flickr in early Web 2.0, in the age of digital cameras and before Instagram changed everything? πΈ
Richard MacManus
Jan 26
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BowieNet: The Inside Story of its Creation
I interviewed one of the creators of David Bowie's 1998 web portal, BowieNet.
Richard MacManus
Jan 10
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The Mobile Internet, Then and Now
Looking at the state of the mobile internet, present and past π² Why? Partly because Facebook wants its metaverse to be like the mobile internet.
Richard MacManus
Feb 10, 2022
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Loneliness in the 1990s Compared to Today π
Thoughts on a pre-internet era. Plus notes on Wordle, Pono, Twitter's algo, Facebook headwinds, and more.
Richard MacManus
Feb 3, 2022
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Loneliness in the 1990s Compared to Today π
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Looking at Web3 Through a Cultural Lens
Web 2.0 developers continue to be skeptical of Web3 and crypto. But that doesn't make it any less fascinating to dive into π€Ώ
Richard MacManus
Jan 27, 2022
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Would You Like Fries With That NFT? π
Twitter, Facebook and McDonalds go all-in on NFTs.
Richard MacManus
Jan 20, 2022
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Would You Like Fries With That NFT? π
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