During our recent San Francisco travels, Skye and I were disrupted by the last of the Universal Soldiers. His name's Justin, so hints his URL, and he's revolutionizing something or another with an idea that was bound to come about sooner or later: 24/7 real-time first-person, erm, programming. Though I reckon his is a case study in content-second webcrap, don't take my word for it. Check out for yourself the exciting highlights of his first week of broadcast, including "sleeping" and "cleaning up after a party" -- just like your own life, except in lousy resolution.

[Still, props for follow-through.]

Ahhhh, the wager is on. Can web 2.0 make money for companies? Will people continue to work for free?

If you believe Nicholas Carr, people will NOT work for free forever. The economy simply hasn’t figured out how to charge for the model yet.

If you side with Yochai Benkler and the gift economy, people will contribute for free for as long as they are appreciated and moving toward the perceived greater good. Or, in his exact words, the key is:

"managing the marriage of money and nonmoney without making nonmoney feel like a sucker"

I like him.

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Russell Davies’ planning blog is a great read. I’ve been reading it for about a year now. I say this because I intend to make screed against something he wrote recently, and I thought I would show some respect before I wax polemical.

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