I wrote this back in 2005 but it still stirs and drives me today.

Combine and exploit (tap):

– The ubiquity of the web (connecting everyone to each other and to every thing)

– The power of the database (store, access, and process info)

– The cost structure of today’s technology (e.g., the LAMP platform (i.e., none of this has to cost that much))

to provide individuals and organizations WOW tools that

– allow them to do new things that enhance the quality of their lives

– allow them to automate the mundane in order to have more time for more worthwhile things

– connect them to others in new, novel ways

– allow them to capture, organize, search, and share their info and keep it as long as they want it

– quite simply: significantly enhance their lives