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From the Internet to the Next Web

Burt Kaliski | Jun 02, 2012

Two decades ago, when I was part of a startup company in the pre-web-era, we developed software on a local network of PCs and workstations, distributed it to our customers on 3-1/2” disks, and documented it in printed volumes – and for our very advanced customers, made it available for download via FTP.  The pace of change was much slower in that less-connected world.

Nowadays, as one of the moderators of the recent TNW2012 conference opined, "One coder, one weekend, some pizza, a lot of coffee, and you'll build something."

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