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