A conversation with Jef Bezos
Finally the conference has started. Before the first keynote speaker (Uncle Jef from Amazon) however we followed some additional workshops. The guys from Modzilla told us a little bit more about open source development. We then went into a presentation about user generated content. Interesting to see that the authority balance has shifted so powerful. It is important to learn and lead your users while offering them the option to play with the content.
By the way the guys from Modzilla showed us some new upcoming features that are wicked awesome. (The Coop). Have a look at dai.sy. or weblin It's al about sharing the browser experience with other users.
Into the browser expect more functionalities as well - so a host of features now embedded in almost every website (like print sent to a friend, email etc. etc. ) will be obsolete.
Jef Bezos (founder and CEO of Amazon) told us about Amazon Services - a giant platform on which the can deliver digital services in the future.
The founders of Jot, sixapart (the makers of VOX) and digg told us how to manage successfully an Internet company and what the difference is between starting a company for sale and a company for he long term,