I’m Richard MacManus, a technology journalist and founder of the influential Web 2.0 blog ReadWriteWeb (2003–2012). At its peak, RWW was one of the world’s top 10 blogs and a syndication partner of The New York Times.
I’m now senior editor at The New Stack, leading its developer coverage and tracking the growing role of AI across the web and software stack. I also publish Cybercultural, an online magazine about internet history and culture.
My latest book, Bubble Blog: From Outsider to Insider in Silicon Valley’s Web 2.0 Revolution, is a memoir of building ReadWriteWeb and participating in the first great wave of the social web.
- Paperback, US$19.99: Amazon | Bookshop.org
- eBook, US$9.99: Amazon Kindle Store | Apple Books | Google Play
Originally from New Zealand, I’m now based in the UK.
Where to Find Me
- 🐘 Mastodon: @ricmac@mastodon.social
- 🦋 Bluesky: @ricmac.cybercultural.com
- 🌐 Internet history: Cybercultural.com
- 💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ricmac
(I no longer post on X or Threads.)
Books
- Bubble Blog (2024) — Memoir of the Web 2.0 era and the rise of ReadWriteWeb.
- Presence (2016) — Fiction exploring the future of the metaverse.
- Trackers (2014) — How technology helps us monitor and improve our health.
Archive & Media
I’ve got an online archive of my writing going back to the early 2000s, with a particular focus on my work from 2003-2012 at ReadWriteWeb.
See also external media coverage, from RWW through to my current projects.