Founder and Editor, ReadWriteWeb (Wellington)

Richard MacManus is one of the world’s most highly respected digital media and web technology analysts and strategists.

Richard’s ReadWriteWeb blog is one of the most widely read and influential digital media blogs on the web.  In December 2007, ReadWriteWeb was ranked #15 in Technorati’s Top 20 blogs, and #5 on the Techmeme Leaderboard, putting it way above traditional news sources such as the BBC and Wall St Journal.

In June 2007 ReadWriteWeb was named as one of the ‘100 Blogs We Love’ by PC World magazine, who hailed it as the “source for news on the latest Web 2.0 developments”.
 
As well as editing and growing the ReadWriteWeb stable, Richard also consults widely for organisations such as Under The Radar and Dealmaker Media, and is a highly sought after speaker at the world’s most distinguished and innovative web technology conferences.
 
Prior to founding ReadWriteWeb, Richard was a researcher, analyst and product developer for leading Silicon Valley and New Zealand companies.  He founded the Web 2.0 Workgroup, and the Web 2.0 Explorer blog at ZDNet. Richard was co-founder and Executive Editor of Micro Media Corporation, a multi-channel leadership program in Web and Media 2.0 that operated under the brand name Transmission.