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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

Mentions - Marc Andreessen's - The three kinds of platforms you meet on the Internet A Level 1 platform's apps run elsewhere, and call into the platform via a web services API to draw on data and services -- this is how Flickr does it. He sees this as similar to what happened with SMTP, POP, HTTP, etc. I would tend to agree.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 We have a theme we call Protocol, which are technology protocols and markets built around technology protocols like SMTP for email and RSS. In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. was starting.