The hype about the Internet is driving the commercial online services to change prices and offer more user-friendly interfaces … With this, you’re getting down to the level of the average person.
Predictor: Basch, Reva
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for Wired magazine, John Whalen interviews Reva Basch, author of “Secrets of the Super Searchers” and a professional independent searcher, an information-age librarian who data-surfs for clients, seeking out specific information. Whalen quotes Basch saying: ”The hype about the Internet is driving the commercial online services to change prices and offer more user-friendly interfaces. One of the second-tier online services, Data Times, just announced a $39.95-a-month flat-fee package for newspapers and trade journals – with considerable overlap of Dialog’s databases. There are no connect charges, and it costs maybe a couple of bucks for each article retrieved. With this, you’re getting down to the level of the average person.”
Biography:Reva Basch became a professional independent “searcher” in the 1990s, seeking out specific information online for clients. She also wrote the book “Secrets of the Super Searchers.” (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: Super Searcher: Cybrarian Reva Basch is the Ultimate Intelligent Agent
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.05/searcher_pr.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney