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About ReadWriteWeb

ReadWriteWeb is a blog that provides Web Technology news, reviews and analysis. It began publishing on April 20, 2003 and is now one of the most widely read and respected blogs in the world. It has around 275,000 RSS and email subscribers. ReadWriteWeb was founded by Richard MacManus and is written by a team of Web enthusiasts. To contact ReadWriteWeb about new Web technologies, apps or services - please email us.

ReadWriteWeb is one of the world's top 20 most popular blogs according to Technorati and one of the world's 100 most influential websites according to URLfan. Also RWW is ranked in the top 10 on the Techmeme Leaderboard.

ReadWriteWeb Team

Richard MacManus is the Founder and Editor of ReadWriteWeb. He is from Wellington New Zealand. Prior to RWW Richard did research, analysis and product development work for companies in Silicon Valley and beyond. He has also worked for some of New Zealand's top organizations as a Web Manager.

Richard co-founded the Web 2.0 Workgroup and from September 2005 - December 2006 he started and ran the Web 2.0 Explorer blog at ZDNet. Richard also co-founded and was Executive Editor of Micro Media Corporation, a multi-channel leadership program in Web and Media 2.0 that operated under the brand name TransMission.

Richard was profiled by The Dominion Post in July 2007 and The NZ Herald in February 2007. You can contact him at editor@readwriteweb.com. NOTE: Story ideas and product pitches should be emailed to tips@readwriteweb.com. This address reaches the editor and the main writers of ReadWriteWeb.

Marshall Kirkpatrick is Vice President of Content Development at ReadWriteWeb, and also the Lead Writer. He hails from Portland, Oregon, USA. Prior to joining RWW in Sept 2007, Marshall was Director of Content at SplashCast Media. During 2006 he was Lead Blogger at TechCrunch. You can contact Marshall at marshall@readwriteweb.com.

Bernard Lunn is Chief Operating Officer at ReadWriteWeb, based in New York. He has also been part of the writing team since July 2007. Prior to becoming ReadWriteWeb's COO, Bernard was a software/media entrepreneur who co-founded two companies called IQ Resource and iYogi. You can reach Bernard Lunn at bernard@readwriteweb.com.

Sarah Perez is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb, joining the team in January 2008. Sarah is from sunny Tampa, Florida where she had worked as an I.T. Professional for many years. You can contact Sarah at sarah@readwriteweb.com.

Frederic Lardinois is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb, joining the team in June 2008. He lives in Portland, Oregon, USA. You can contact Frederic at frederic@readwriteweb.com.

Jolie O'Dell is a journalist, blogger, and video blogger. In the past, O'Dell has worked on newspapers, on magazines, for book publishers, for serial entrepreneurs, on startup teams, at advertising and marketing agencies, and for enterprise blogs and websites. O'Dell has a B.A. in Media Studies from Shenandoah University. You can contact Jolie at jolie@readwriteweb.com.

Dana Oshiro is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb. She is a Canadian blogger, PR pro and start up strategist based in San Francisco. You can contact Dana at dana@readwriteweb.com.

Steven Walling is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb based in Portland, Oregon. Having joined the team in June 2009, he's also a consultant for tech startups like AboutUs, Inc. and has written film and performing arts criticism in the past. In his spare time, he's an active volunteer for the free culture projects of the Wikimedia Foundation. You can contact Steven at steven@readwriteweb.com.

Doug Coleman joined the ReadWriteWeb team in October, 2008. He owns a small multimedia company in Portland, Or. USA and is passionate about writing, web technology, multimedia and life. Doug can be contacted at: doug@readwriteweb.com

Lidija Davis is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb, joining the team in November 2008. Lidija is a Web strategy consultant who has been involved in media for 19 years. She lives in Silicon Valley. You can contact Lidija at lidija@readwriteweb.com.

Andrew Lobo is a regular editor on ReadWriteWeb. A big part of his work involves improving the quality of writing, bringing a consistent style to the contributed content, and fixing HTML formatting. Andrew is the founder of Edit Owl, an editing service for online news and blogs. You can contact Andrew at andrew@readwriteweb.com.

Alex Iskold is a Feature Writer for ReadWriteWeb. He has been part of the core writing team since August 2006. He is also Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AdaptiveBlue, a smart browsing and personalization company. You can contact Alex at alex@readwriteweb.com.

Sean Ammirati is host of ReadWriteTalk, a podcasting show that reveals "The People Behind The Web". He also writes for ReadWriteWeb, often covering Web Tech events for us. You can contact Sean at sean@readwritetalk.com.

Guest Writers

If you are interested in writing for ReadWriteWeb, please email Richard MacManus - including samples of your writing and topics you'd like to explore.

Disclosures

For companies or products that an author has consulted to or worked for, now or in the past, if they are written about on ReadWriteWeb then our policy is to always disclose the relationship in the post. This policy also applies to sponsors.

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Nice things others have said about us

In June 2007 ReadWriteWeb was named as one of the 100 Blogs We Love by PC World magazine, who noted that RWW is a good "source for news on the latest Web 2.0 developments." In August 2007 ReadWriteWeb was voted one of Datamation's Top 100 Tech Blogs. NextBlitz said about ReadWriteWeb: "The definitive site for analysis of new technology products, events, and news. Superb, detailed coverage." e-consultancy called ReadWriteWeb "a superb read, full of brain food for entrepreneurs".