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I'm reminded of Philip K. Dick's prediction that mankind would be networked together across nations and continents, making us into a super-efficient race of engineers.

SO CLOSE. (OK, I paraphrased the above).

In this case, this article represents some pretty awesome ideating. I bet that not many of the article authors invested in Google, Dejanews, Yahoo, or AOL, though.

I had a brilliant moment of ideating in 1993 when I realized "Domain Names are going to be huge. There will be a landrush."

I pooled my dollars with some friends, and we bought ... foo.net. Cha-ching! Shopping.com, tv.com, etc. didn't really cross my mind.

What's really super hard in my opinion is setting oneself up to benefit from these tectonic trends; at least, it's hard for me!




I had a brilliant moment of ideating in 1993 when I realized "Domain Names are going to be huge.[..] foo.net

Oh, ouch. I cluelessed my way through life during the late nineties Internet boom, and it's often in the back of my mind that I might be doing the same now and not know until hindsight kicks in in 5-10 years.


Yep. I've resolved not to do this again, which is why I'm working many, many hours a week right now. :)


Can you share on what? Even in general.


Facebook crush app, Kinect-based app, Bitcoin financial app, Energy Trading system, my day job (B2B Finance tool for small businesses)




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