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The end of the year is upon us, and boy were there a lot of posts. To help you sort through them, I thought I would wave goodbye to the year by reminiscing on a few of my favorites. Hopefully you find something in here that you either missed when it was published or didn’t get a chance to read in its entirety.

How To Ensure Your Startup Will Fail

There are a lot of Web 2.0 companies out there. If you don’t believe me, check out Web 2.0’s archive. For every Digg or Twitter there are dozens of sites that provide great services that flame out. Unfortunately, the fault does not lie in fickle consumers or bad luck — it falls directly on your shoulders.

Luckily, most of the worst startup mistakes are things that you can change. What better time than the beginning of the week to take a look at some of them?

How To Define Web 3.0

Over the last few months I have written a weekly piece on how the Web is evolving. Taking into account the current trends in technology, and the direction in which the web is developing I have tried to define Web 3.0. At the end of volume one of this discussion piece, I think we have come a long way. To help you digest everything, I am presenting you with the entire article as How To Split An Atom’s Definitive Guide To Web 3.0, Volume One. I’ve made some editorial changes and commentary along the way. Technology evolves quickly and the online space has managed to change even between when I started this article and now.

How To Explore Internet Memes

If there is one constant on the web it is that once every few months some wonderful, ridiculous or utterly strange phenomenon will enter the minds and hearts of the webosphere. These memes will spread like wildfire through internet forums, make their way into software as easter eggs and every once in a while even spread into mainstream media.

This is a compilation of some of the more famous of these memes. This list is in no way exhaustive, but it does provide a good cross-section of internet oddities.

How To Declare Blogging Independence

I am, by my nature, a huge fan of the blogosphere. I would be lying if I came out and said anything different, however, what I will say is that the more time I spend here, the more I realize that the long tail is becoming quite a bit longer and that is not necessarily the best thing. As such, I am taking a cue from Kent Newsome, Hugh Macleod and Martin Luther and weigh in on this whole “death of the A-list” meme.

How To Write A Web 2.0 Glossary

Dave Winer did a good job of showing us the basic flaw of using Web X.0 jargon. Sometimes we get so caught up in the genius of each new turn of phrase that we forget to ask ourselves what we are really talking about. The usual answer, “not much at all.” Social Graph is certainly not the first, nor is it the only word that has been pulled into the digerati’s lexicon in recent years. Lets explore a few more.

Web 2.0 Roundup

Happy New Years to you and yours!

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