by Andy Brudtkuhl on June 16, 2009
Barry Diller says the future of the web – within 5 years – is a paid system. He says the only thing missing right now is a streamlined billing system – like Amazon’s “one-click” buy now option (which is actually patented by Amazon).
Barry Says
“I absolutely believe the Internet is passing from its free days into a paid system. Inevitably, I promise you, it will be paid,” Diller said in a keynote discussion opening up the Advertising 2.0 conference held at his company’s futuristic glass building alongside the Hudson River in Manhattan. “Not every single thing, but anything of value. “
The fact that content and services on the Internet so far have been largely supplied for no charge is “an accident of historical moment that will be corrected,” he said, in an era of “creative chaos” that will span the next three to five years.
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by Andy Brudtkuhl on May 6, 2009
- Diigo – Research, Bookmarks, Community, Syndication, Archive
- Twitter – Community, Syndication, Research, Content Discovery
- FriendFeed – Content Discovery, Community, Syndication, Filters
- Meebo – Instant Messaging
- Feedly – Content Discovery
- Google Reader – Research, Biz Intelligence, Information, News
- Gmail – Email, Research, Archive, Filters
- Google Calendar – Track and Plan Stuff
- Bit.ly – URL Shortener, Analytics
What web services do you use every day? Let us know in the comments!
by Andy Brudtkuhl on March 30, 2009
Quickbooks ONLINE doesn’t support Macs – and only supports IE6+ on PC.
Oh nevermind, looks like there is a Firefox Beta!
by Andy Brudtkuhl on August 22, 2008
Today we announced the 2008 Iowa Web Awards – an effort to honor all the hard work being done by all our local web gurus. it’s pretty much just like the Webby’s only local to Iowa.
Here’s how it will play out…
1. The community will vote on the categories for which we will be giving out awards, ie “best blog”, “best news site”, etc
2. Once the categories have been chosen the community will nominate entries for each category.
3. Once all the nominees have been decided, the community will vote for their favorite in each category.
The only rule is that the nominee must be from Iowa!
This is an effort to promote all the advancements on the web that are happening in the state of Iowa with a hope that these efforts can be recognized by a broader audience.
And yes, these awards will be given out annually.
If you would like to contribute to the Iowa Web Awards, see this post.
by Andy Brudtkuhl on July 8, 2008
