Small publishers will make their take on their specialty. Of course pornography will pioneer this technology, as porn tapes perpetuated the VCR. Some guy takes nudie photos of himself, advertises the link. Thumbnail pictures are free – to see the screen-size in graphic detail is gonna cost you. Without a printing press, a delivery truck, a marketing staff, or a host of lawyers, he’ll be kickin’ it freestyle.
Predictor: Hall, Justin Allyn
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 online essay, Justin Hall makes the statement: ”This technology will similarly empower content creators. Large publishers will garner massive information-toll profits from their ample article archives. Small publishers will make their take on their specialty. Of course pornography will pioneer this technology, as porn tapes perpetuated the VCR. Some guy takes nudie photos of himself, advertises the link. Thumbnail pictures are free – to see the screen-size in graphic detail is gonna cost you. Without a printing press, a delivery truck, a marketing staff, or a host of lawyers, he’ll be kickin’ it freestyle.”
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: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Publishing
Name of publication: Links.net
Title, headline, chapter name: Digital Cash: Deft Donations or Surf-Stopping Tithing
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.links.net/dox/tech/digicash.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Goodrich, Barbara J.