Will Johnston produces Thinkmedia. I have been involved with technology and product development since 1983 when I bought and started programming my first PC. I was a member of the Apple HyperCard development team, founder of the BuyDirectory (among the first consumer search engines), Sr. Product Manager for PDF at Adobe Systems, Sr. Product Manager for Commerce at Inktomi Corporation and one of the earliest users of the WELL and Usenet.

Thinkmedia provides consulting services for the intersection of technology and business.

Friday, August 02, 2002

More internet content is being paid for, not surprising... I think it will be a while until the quality of content is comparable to the willingness to pay. More Americans cough up cash online. Web users in the United States are warming up to paying for content, according to a new study, which shows a 155 percent increase in consumer spending on Internet services over last year. [CNET News.com] comment [] 8:48:59 AM    . This looks like an interesting read. A boy, a tiger and a lifeboat..."Life of Pi," by Yann Martel. A preposterous but utterly enchanting story about a young Indian boy adrift in a lifeboat with his good friend, a Bengal tiger, and some other zoo animals. [Salon.com] comment [] 8:46:45 AM    . The Semantic Web is becoming a reality. The Web Ontology Working Group released working drafts of OWL Web Ontology Language 1.0. Yahoo News Reports: W3C Delivers on Semantic Web It will be very interesting to see some of the first applications, since the Semantic Web should greatly enhance the existing WWW. comment [] 8:41:47 AM    .

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