You know you’ve made it when you get slapped with a fine by the FTC. Xanga allowed thousands of under age children (<13) to register; of course, it doesn't really address the issue that most 13 year olds will find away around any age authentication.

Globalization in reverse? Chinese have descended in a small town in Italy, and have started producing textiles IN Italy. Typical xenophobia abounds, but this is a fascinating, intimate article about a very strange twist on a very familiar topic. Not Web2.0 per se, but still heavily recommended.

Yes, if you look up “failure”, or “miserable failure”, maybe you won’t be surprised by the result. But it illustrates something key about how Google manages its search results — and the importance of linking. Here it is. File it under “old, but good.  Real good”.

Bazaarblog reviews their own data when it comes to “reviews” for their own products and services, and they find a J-curve distribution of data. A small amount of reviews are negative, and the overwhelming majority are positive. Interesting. Does this mean that the only people who write back are happy?

Designing and don’ t what kind of color scheme you want to use? Check this out: a daily mix and mashup of color combinations that you may not have thought of — based on websites that exist and that are popular today. Ex: del.icio.us or google analytics