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I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues.

How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. (aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - Master of 500 Hats

http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/2010/10/how-to-take-down-facebook.html

Internet Founder Tim Berners-Lee Details 4 Concerns About Future of Mobile Web (Nokia World 2010)

This morning at Nokia World 2010 in London, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, widely known as the inventor of the Web, addressed the audience in a keynote speech where he spoke about the future of mobile technology, including both the positive impacts it brings as well as the areas of concern.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/internet_founder_tim_berners-lee_details_4_concerns_about_future_of_mobile.php

http://mashable.com/2010/07/04/web-founding-fathers/

While the phrase “founding fathers” is often used in conjunction with men like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, we wanted the think about the phrase on the global level.

The 10 Founding Fathers of the Web

This spring Apple, Facebook, and Twitter, made controversial announcements. Apple announced the terms of service for the iPhone OS 4, that restricted how applications developers could use analytics data .

http://www.usv.com/2010/06/web-services-as-governments.php

Web Services as Governments - Union Square Ventures: A New York

The State of the Internet Operating System - O'Reilly Radar

http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/03/state-of-internet-operating-system.html

I've been talking for years about " the internet operating system ", but I realized I've never written an extended post to define what I think it is, where it is going, and the choices we face. This is that missing post.

On Friday, my latest tweet was automatically posted to my Facebook news feed, as always. But this time, Tom Scoville noticed a difference : the link in the posting was no longer active. It turns out that a lot of other people had noticed this too.

The War For the Web - O'Reilly Radar

http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/11/the-war-for-the-web.html

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Interview: His Thoughts On Search, Books

A week ago I had a chance to sit down for a hour-long one on one interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt .

Google CEO Eric Schmidt On The Future Of Search: “Connect It Str

This is Part 2 of my series of posts summarizing a fascinating recent hour-long one on one interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt . Early in the interview I asked Schmidt about the future of search. I brought up the “search is 90% done” misunderstanding from last summer.

The Web At A New Crossroads

Around 2003, things began to change.

Algorithms are in the news a great deal recently.

Are Algorithms the Magic Bullet? - Caleb Elston

http://calebelston.com/are-algorithms-the-magic-bullet-0

$7.5 Million: Wikipedia Reaches Fundraising Goal

In what has become a Christmas tradition, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales posted a personal appeal for donations to the Wikimedia Foundation earlier this month. On the first day alone, the nonprofit raised $430,000 from 13,000 people.

The Golden Triangle

I heard something this past week that stuck with me all the way to the weekend.

A Big Week For The Mobile Web

When I use the word "mobile web", I am not referring to the web running in mobile browsers, although I understand that is what the words have come to mean. I believe that mobile devices are bringing web services into our pockets and purses, onto restaurant tables and bars, and into schools and stadiums.

MG Siegler is a general partner at CrunchFund and a columnist for TechCrunch, where he has been writing since 2009.