I am the ghost of groovymother.com. Woooooo!
This is an old page from Rod Begbie's blog.
It only exists in an attempt to prevent linkrot. No new content will be added to this site, and links and images are liable to be broken. Check out begbie.com to find where I'm posting stuff these days.
Filed under 'web20'
➠ May 18, 2010
Minimal Competence: Data Access, Data Ownership, and Sharecropping.
Kellan on Flickr and their attitude to your contributions to the site: You can programmatically get back everything you add *and then some*
➠ January 19, 2009
FUCK THE CLOUD
“If you lose your shit, the technogeeks will not help you. They will giggle at you and make fun of your not understanding the fundamental principles and engineering of client-server models.”
➠ May 30, 2008
Techdirt: Web 2.0 Buzzword Bingo
“To be useful across different types of social media, profiles and reputation have to be localized and linked to the context of the conversation. In this way, thought leaders emerge within and across communities based on their specific expertise and contributions.” Obviously.
➠ July 15, 2007
DOPPLR
Web 2.0 site which allows you to enter where you’re travelling, share your plans with your friends, and work out when you will serendipitously collide in meatspace. I don’t travel that much, but knowing when my remote friends might be in the New England area would be awesome.
➠ July 9, 2007
➠ May 22, 2007
Silicon Valley Could Use A Downturn Right About Now
Interesting post from Michael Arrington, up til now a cheerleader for Bubble 2.0.
➠ April 19, 2007
disinfographics (tecznotes)
The highlights of Don Hincliffe’s loony “info” graphics which “explain” Web 2.0. I think my favourite is “The Habits of Highly Effective Web 2.0 Sites”. It’s gorgeously demented.
➠ April 2, 2007
➠ February 6, 2007
Useless Account
Sign up for an account and, erm, that’s it. Needs OpenID support, if you ask me.
➠ January 23, 2007
➠ November 28, 2006
➠ November 25, 2006
➠ July 25, 2006
reddit.com: Slate - what's new online
Reddit launch a branded sub-site just for Slate articles, essentially becoming the “official” place to comment on and rate Slate articles. An interesting joint venture, showing there’s more to the Web 2.0 businessplan than just “targetted advertising”.
➠ June 4, 2006
Ingredients for Web 2.0 Success
"Pierre Francois from Underscore_ Consulting" (who looked alarmingly similar to Alexis from Reddit) did a great presentation, somewhat reminiscent of Stephen Colbert's "The Word" segment. The video should be up soon.
➠ May 13, 2006
Cybermen are Human 2.0? (plasticbag.org)
Quality silly Tom Coates post suitable for that popular cross-section of humanity: Dr Who fans who blog bitching about “Web 2.0”.
➠ April 10, 2006
➠ March 28, 2006
➠ January 25, 2006
The 3 Hour Tour is Now Available! : FeedLounge
Finally had a chance to play with FeedLounge. It’s a very nice interface, that’s for sure — I’d recommend this over Bloglines to new RSS users. I’m probably going to stick with self-hosted Gregarius for now, though, since it’s free and free.
➠ January 17, 2006
About This Site
This is an archive of groovmother.com, the old blog run by Rod Begbie — A Scottish geek who lives in San Francisco, CA.
I'm the co-founder of Sōsh, your handy-dandy guide for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.