Categories: Best of the Web

New Online Ad Model at Techmeme

Posted by: Rob Hof on September 25

The popular tech news aggregator Techmeme just debuted a new advertising/sponsorship model that looks pretty interesting to a lot of folks besides me. Founder Gabe Rivera explains: There's a...

Check Out Your Choices for Best of the Web

Posted by: Rob Hof on September 25

Our now-annual Best of the Web package is now up, including your picks....

Vote for Your Best of the Web

Posted by: Rob Hof on August 22

Our now-annual Best of the Web survey is now live. We'd love to hear not only what you think of the choices we've come up with, but others you like...

Mega GigaOM

Posted by: Rob Hof on August 10

Om Malik's new site is up, packed with more features, like tabs for various sections and RSS feeds for each of those sections. Lots to digest. Bon voyage, Om....

37Signals, 1 Big New Investor: Jeff Bezos

Posted by: Rob Hof on July 20

37signals, the little-software-outfit-that-could and prolific producer of popular collaborative services such as Basecamp and Backpack, has its first venture investor: Bezos Expeditions, the personal investing firm of Amazon.com founder and...

Extreme Pumpkin Carving

Posted by: Rob Hof on October 28

OK, this is off-topic except that, well, it's on the Web. If you haven't carved your Halloween pumpkin, now you have some new ideas (if you can stomach them)....

No Web 2.0 Bubble? Hmmm....

Posted by: Rob Hof on October 25

A new survey of venture capital investment seems to show no incipient bubble in funding new consumer Internet companies, according to Reuters' take. Well, let's hope so. But it's still...

Yahoo! Buys Upcoming.org

Posted by: Rob Hof on October 05

Keeping up its buying spree, Yahoo! just bought Upcoming.org, the social event calendar. Here's founder Andy Baio's take on the acquisition. Wonder how many more of the Best of the...

Chicagocrime.org Creator to Newspapers: Hire More Programmers

Posted by: Rob Hof on October 03

Editorandpublisher.com has a good interview with Adrian Holovaty, creator of the great Web mash-up Chicagocrime.org and now (get ready for a mouthful) editor of editorial innovations at the Washington Post.Newsweek...

Best of the Web: The Results

Posted by: Rob Hof on September 18

I've been so busy getting the Best of the Web package done that I forgot to mention here that ... it's done! We got a great response on the reader...

Best of the Web: The Polls Are Still Open

Posted by: Rob Hof on August 31

Our Best of the Web reader survey seems to have struck a chord: Some 37,000 votes have been cast so far. You can cast your own here. And I sure...

Best of the Web, Part II: Check Out Our Survey

Posted by: Rob Hof on August 24

My little request for your picks for best sites and services on the Web--which has brought a wealth of great suggestions, in Comments below--has now morphed into a full-blown online...