Dion Hinchcliffe

I’ve spent the last few days keeping track of the seemingly endless stream of news and blog coverage about Google’s new OpenSocial model for social networking applications.  OpenSocial has been described by some as Google’s industry “chess move” to outmaneuver and corner Facebook. This is fascinating set of developments to watch since Google’s own growing social networking […]

It’s been an incredible year in 2007 as we’ve continued to make our way on the “2.0” journey that we embarked upon last year.  I thought I’d re-inaugurate this blog with my return to regular posting and to catch up our colleagues, friends, and contacts in the industry with what’s been going on with us

It’s the second day of the Enterprise 2.0 Conference here at the Boston waterfront.  Yesterday was the workshop day for the event as well as the much-ballyhooed showdown between Andrew McAfee and Tom Davenport, the original point of disagreement around the real impact of Enterprise 2.0 which I’ve covered before .  Today the main conference sessions begin and a quick look

It’s been nearly a year in the making but I’m finally pleased to announce the release of Real-World Ajax, a massive new compendium of the Ajax spectrum that I’ve compiled and edited with Kate Allen in conjunction with leading Ajax authors from across the country.  While not generally available until later this month, with full availability

While some will dispute what mainstream is defined as exactly — with my own personal favorite being when my grandparents and their grandchildren both are doing whatever is under discussion — the rise of consumer-powered media platforms has all the hallmarks of being something that’s not only here to stay, but something that’s increasingly pushing

While the window on using the “2.0” suffix is probably closing, I thought it would be worthwhile to explore an especially significant trend in 2006 that will likely see much more widespread uptake in 2007.  Specifically, I’m talking about building highly competitive online products by turning over non-essential control to users directly via the Web. 

Looking back over 2006 it’s clear that we’ve experienced one of the most remarkable growth surges in Web application history.  Literally hundreds of Web sites and applications were launched this year and brought to our attention via the popular review sites like Michael Arrington’s TechCrunch, Pete Cashmore’s Mashable , and Emily Chang’s eHub.  And our very popular list of

Despite being considered so ten minutes ago in some corners of the the Internet, Time Magazine has selected Web 2.0 — in particular those people that are directly shaping it — as its esteemed Person of the Year.  Specifically, Time Magazine has singled out you for recognition in this achievement and as the actual source of the exciting things

One of the things I’m doing this week is preparing for a presentation at Web Builder 2.0 on how to monetize mashups in Las Vegas next week.  Consequently, I’ve been pulling together notes, talking to mashup creators, and studying real-world examples of how companies are applying innovative ways of generating revenue with Web 2.0 applications and open APIs.  Though there

I was traveling most of last week and so was unable to weigh in on the Web 3.0 mini-tempest that occurred when John Markoff published his exploratory piece in the NY Times last Sunday.  The premise of the article is that we are finding new ways to mine human intelligence which can be exploited by building a new layer