Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

While you dialed AOL to get on the Internet, the goal of AOL was to keep you locked into their proprietary content and thus earned the classification of “walled garden.&# They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. Social Networking in Web 1.0. Social Networking in Web 2.0.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Whereas that used to take maybe hours of hours of your time to organize and with us you can just spend a few minutes and you’re done. I spent more time organizing my tax forms, keeping them safe, getting invoices together, getting invoice templates, then getting them out there and tracking down my payment for writing the article.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Back then there were “email forwards.” This got passed around on email from person to person and became so popular it appeared on the Today Show where Jonah (admittedly not an expert in global factory conditions) appeared with Katie Couric and Nike’s head of global PR and debated sweatshops. Video is the new HTML.”

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