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A Pinteresting Story

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Delicious was created by Joshua Schacter in 2003 as the notion of tagging (or labeling) content to make it findable by others begun to take hold. Delicious got acquired by Yahoo in 2005 and became the defacto destination to share one's bookmarks online. Pinterest Becomes Top Traffic Driver for Retailers - via Mashable.

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The Internet Could Be Closed For Business

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When I first started blogging and podcasting (in 2003), the Internet was both an open and a closed environment. Back then, the majority of people still used one of the major ISPs and portals as their destination (think AOL , Yahoo or whatever). When business gets involved, everything changes. This doesn't feel like an open Internet.

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