How is this different to what we all do?
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I'm a big fan of jwz's, but not for the reasons outlined in this article. The question I asked myself at the end was: how is this different to what most of us do?
I try, in my modest way, to hack great code and produce products that people use. But I also know that intelligence, nous and experience don't produce the fabulous wealth that this article alludes to.
Jwz is wealthy because he was lucky. He was also talented, savvy and sharp; but mostly he was lucky.
Unfortunately, this article was written because jwz was wealthy.
Maybe living in Australia and away from the ".com revolution" means I'm out of the loop, but I wish jwz luck with his club because of his ideals. It's great when your work and your ideals are in harmony.
This seems to me to be a fairer reflection of content on the internet. As far as I understood, the pricing structure whereby other countrys would pay the US ISPs for 'net access was a result of most of the content on the web being a US export in the early days. This has obviously changed now, with more and more content having a non-US origin. It is only in the last few months that the number of internet users from outside the US have exceeded those in the US (or is this only a rumor?) Ben Tindale
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I'm a big fan of jwz's, but not for the reasons outlined in this article. The question I asked myself at the end was: how is this different to what most of us do?
I try, in my modest way, to hack great code and produce products that people use. But I also know that intelligence, nous and experience don't produce the fabulous wealth that this article alludes to.
Jwz is wealthy because he was lucky. He was also talented, savvy and sharp; but mostly he was lucky.
Unfortunately, this article was written because jwz was wealthy.
Maybe living in Australia and away from the ".com revolution" means I'm out of the loop, but I wish jwz luck with his club because of his ideals. It's great when your work and your ideals are in harmony.
But the article is still a beat-up.
Ben Tindale
This seems to me to be a fairer reflection of content on the internet. As far as I understood, the pricing structure whereby other countrys would pay the US ISPs for 'net access was a result of most of the content on the web being a US export in the early days. This has obviously changed now, with more and more content having a non-US origin. It is only in the last few months that the number of internet users from outside the US have exceeded those in the US (or is this only a rumor?)
Ben Tindale
In particular the 1998 Jayse Knipe tour of Australia. Great stuff.
Ben Tindale