The Viamentis Blog

Well, unless you’re a non-techie and have been hiding under a rock for the last one year, you must’ve really heard about Web 2.0. One of the things that riles so many of its critics is the lack of a proper definition.

Surprisingly, it’s hidden innocuously in this gem of an article. Here it is: Web 2.0 is about collaboration, information sharing, ad hoc enrichment, participation mechanisms, and open and loosely coupled connections between services and people . That makes sense to me. Of course, there will be a lot more definitions come along, but it’s always nice to throw a simple two-liner instead of vague generalities when someone asks “what the heck is Web 2.0”?

Well, sorry if I’m re-posting SvN, but this one is too good to pass. They say how Bessemer Venture Partners, a VC firm publishes their “anti-portfolio”, listing the missed opportunities they had to fund wildly successful firms. Wow. A VC firm publishing their screw-ups? That is something. Certainly a good way to prevent repeating past mistakes.

As part of their new “What is..” series, O’Reilly has published an article on RoR. It was very comprehensive, and I learnt a lot of stuff that I still don’t know about Rails. I certainly didn’t know that someone like James Duncan Davidson gave such a good report card to Rails. He explains in the article the reason why we should take him seriously - he’s worked with Servlet API and created some app servers from scratch. Must Read article for RoR enthusiasts!