My goal with this blog

I write about relevant changes in the way that people use the web and how startups are built to provide services and products for this ever changing wonderful thing we still know as "the web." As a former entrepreneur turned early-stage investor, my greatest hope is for this to be useful to other folks that are like me in the hopes that they can avoid some of the mistakes I've made.

From:
Antonio Rodriguez

The Grain of the Web

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by Antonio on

Though the topic of defining Web 2.0 has been beat to death, Paul Graham throws his hat in the ring with another great essay.

The arguments are thoughtful but the best part comes at the end when he discusses the nature of the medium:

Web 2.0 means using the web as it was meant to be used, and Google does. That's their secret. The web naturally has a certain grain, and Google is aligned with it. That's why their success seems so effortless.

Love that notion. And this essay just goes to show that a fresh perspective can help make two of the most tired, over-written topics in the blogosphere these days (Web 2.0 and Google) interesting again.

Finally, (semi-related) for a little entertaining Thanksgiving reading read the talk that George Dyson recently gave at Google. I won't spoil the end by excerpting but it is quite a fun read.