Cybercultural
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Archive
About
New
Top
Discussion
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…
Richard MacManus
11 hr ago
Share this post
The Golden Age of Microblogging, with Soup.io and Tumblr
www.cybercultural.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
February 2023
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 🍳 🫘 ☕
Richard MacManus
Feb 21
Share this post
Foursquare Raps by the Go-Bang Mayor
www.cybercultural.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
January 2023
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? 📸
Richard MacManus
Jan 26
2
Share this post
Flickr Before Smartphones and Instagram
www.cybercultural.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
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
3
1
Share this post
BowieNet: The Inside Story of its Creation
www.cybercultural.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
June 2022
Tech Trends for the 2020s and Why I’m Bullish on 3D Internet
How emerging tech trends in the 2020s — especially the metaverse, aka 3D internet — will change the way we perceive the world and ourselves.
Richard MacManus
Jun 29, 2022
2
Share this post
Tech Trends for the 2020s and Why I’m Bullish on 3D Internet
www.cybercultural.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
February 2022
The Mobile Internet, Then and Now
Looking at the state of the mobile internet, present and past 📲 Why? Partly because Facebook wants its metaverse to be like the mobile internet.
Richard MacManus
Feb 10, 2022
4
Share this post
The Mobile Internet, Then and Now
www.cybercultural.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Loneliness in the 1990s Compared to Today 😔
Thoughts on a pre-internet era. Plus notes on Wordle, Pono, Twitter's algo, Facebook headwinds, and more.
Richard MacManus
Feb 3, 2022
3
Share this post
Loneliness in the 1990s Compared to Today 😔
www.cybercultural.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
January 2022
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 🤿
Richard MacManus
Jan 27, 2022
1
1
Share this post
Looking at Web3 Through a Cultural Lens
www.cybercultural.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Would You Like Fries With That NFT? 🍟
Twitter, Facebook and McDonalds go all-in on NFTs.
Richard MacManus
Jan 20, 2022
Share this post
Would You Like Fries With That NFT? 🍟
www.cybercultural.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
What NFTs, the iPhone Launch & David Bowie Have in Common 👨🎤
Experiment your way to the future — how I'm looking at NFTs, with thanks to the iPhone launch of 2007 and David Bowie.
Richard MacManus
Jan 13, 2022
1
Share this post
What NFTs, the iPhone Launch & David Bowie Have in Common 👨🎤
www.cybercultural.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Social Networking — Past, Present and Future
What Instagram 📸 and FarmVille 🐄 tell us about where social networks are headed.
Richard MacManus
Jan 6, 2022
1
Share this post
Social Networking — Past, Present and Future
www.cybercultural.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
December 2021
Top Internet Tech Stories of 2021
From the metaverse to an orb that scans your retina and pays you cryptocurrency in return, these were the tech stories that defined 2021.
Richard MacManus
Dec 23, 2021
Share this post
Top Internet Tech Stories of 2021
www.cybercultural.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts