Some time round about now in San Francisco and London, Microsoft is formally taking the wrappers off IE9. Which means our NDA and embargoes time out and we can shout about the Rough Guide to the World. I suspect the launch will grab a bunch of coverage, Read More

                    I was invited along to the Dachis Group's Social Business Summit 2010 held in Austin on the eve of SXSW. Jeff Dachis had gathered a great ensemble of speakers - including Read More

GigaOm reports Skype has closed its developer program: Skype Kills Extras and its Developer Ecosystem. Strange indeed. We haven't needed to look closely at Skype's program but the comments with the story suggest it wasn't a happy place before this news. Read More

OK, not a real post just lazy linking, but well worth a look at Jeremiah's post on How to kick start a community. Read More

While most newspaper groups are getting coverage for layoffs and write downs, the Guardian has announced Open Platform, a set of technical initiatives supporting the free (but with strings) re-use of their content through an open API and Data Read More

Dale at Freeform Dynamics has shared some data on the use of social media based on an online study of 1,456 IT professionals undertaken in September 2007. Six months is probably a long time in social media, so it would be great if Freeform Read More