"Trends Shaping the Digital Economy"

Hi!

Great site, Dien! I was surprised to see the statement I used as my Subject in the article about the value of information.

Without a revenue model that works...????!!! They don't know what the people who are making the money are doing, amazingly enough.

Best,

- Boyd

> Here's another site with trends.... This
> time, it's about "Trends Shaping the
> Digital Economy." I've linked to it
> below....

> One of the trends I found interesting was
> "Education Anytime, Anywhere"....

> I agree that education could be
> revolutionized by the internet, and we've
> only seen the very beginning of what's to
> come....

> - Dien

But not any more....

Boyd, I'm glad you liked the site.... Did you try the negotiation simulations too? I warn you, they are addictive... :) But they are also educational!

About "without a revenue model which works" for information distribution, I agree with you, there are clearly profitable examples, which I agree will be the way of the future.... I think there will still be free information, but it will probably be more limited than it has been in the past, and be used more as a promotional tool for the information you pay for....

For example, I remember with Ken Evoy's "Make Your Site Sell" ebook, he gave you a couple chapters for free (if I remember correctly). I suspect that giving part of the ebook away for free will probably become more common....

Another example would be www.stratfor.com, which gives you a free report every day on "global intelligence" topics, but if you want more of the same, you have to pay for it....

- Dien