As soon as digital cash comes out, there will be incredible demand to set up small shops – there will be transaction technology for a small-scale Web-content cottage industry.
Predictor: Hall, Justin Allyn
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 online essay, Justin Hall makes the following statement: ”As soon as digital cash comes out, there will be incredible demand to set up small shops – there will be transaction technology for a small-scale Web-content cottage industry.”
Biography:Justin Hall worked briefly at Wired in 1994, during a sabbatical from his college days at Swarthmore. He started his own irreverent e-zine, covering diverse topics and providing links all over the Web. He later worked for ZDTV and Games.com and as a freelance journalist. (Advocate/Voice of the People.)
Date of prediction: June 14, 1995
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: E-cash
Name of publication: Kickin' It Freestyle
Title, headline, chapter name: A Vision for Content Providers in the 21st Century
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.links.net/webpub/kickin.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Goodrich, Barbara J.