Zach Beauvais

Too much to read, too little time

Last week, I wrote about Nick Carr's new book on ZDNet's Web 2.0 Explorer blog. I got home last night to find a note from the Post Office confirming that the anticipated Amazon parcel had arrived. Also waiting for me were three editions of the Financial Times, this...

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Typeroom: A Remote CMS?

Typeroom is a content management system which takes a different approach to traditional Content Management. Instead of using databases and managing content directly, Typeroom works more like Adobe Contribute by allowing traditional html pages to be edited in real...

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Happy New Year

It is now 2008, and I wish you all the best for it. I've been asked by all the friends who shared the ringing of the new in last night about new years' resolutions I might have. I tend to be very abstract, and can't really put an exact goal down, and have always felt...

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Ever felt sheepish?

I have just discovered that I would have made a worthless vet. It is a good thing, because I have sometimes wondered if I should have chosen that course following a degree I have at times considered unhelpful (linguistics). Perhaps I should clarify that my wife is a...

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Talis: another guest post!

The folks at Read/Write Web have published an article I wrote  for them about UK-based innovations company Talis. Feel free to have a look over at the post, and feel free to leave comments either on Read/Write Web, or here.

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Hulu, News Corp, and the Web (2.0?)

I know this is behind the game, and that the bleeding edge of blog reviews has moved well beyond online streaming service Hulu (even though it's not yet out to the public). But I received my beta invite last week and have had all this time to play around with it. My...

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Guest Blogger

The good folks over at ZDNet.com have published a couple of posts from my blog. In a bid to increase the scope of their topics, ZDNet have created a blog called Web 2.0 Exlporer, which is made up of guest bloggers' posts. In this blog, two articles of mine have been...

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Web 2.0–Don’t call it that!

Describing a company or concept as "Web 2.0" is so, last half-decade. Nevermind that most people still haven't heard the phrase. If you don't believe me, go ahead and poll your office or family: unless you're not allowed out of the IT dungeon or your family all work...

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Interview with Adaptive Blue: What is a Smartlink?

After my trial implementation of AdaptiveBlue's Smartlink technology on this very site, I was contacted by Director of Business Development, Fraser Kelton, who agreed to a Questions and Answers session about Adaptive Blue's new technology. For a quick introduction, I...

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