Web Publishing

Wednesday, November 11, 1994

Bay Area Internet Users Group

The past, the present, the future, the role of the web - the potential, the human need the web may/not fill, prototype for?

Intro

excitement about the net

precursor to entertainment superinfohypeway

publishers excited about web

where I come from

LfromU - alternative, small, DIY

HotWired - large, corporate, professional, media institutional

I will be talking about

past - internet publishing, bbses, commercial online stuff

present - different models of web publishing

future - role of web, commercial wrangling, how you can take advantage

The Past

Various Online Publishing Media

Internet sanctioned, subsidized sprawling

e-mail telnet ftp usenet gopher MUDMOO wwwtext mosaic

bbs - guerilla, garage

late 70s early 80s

anything goes

proliferation

commercial

restricted, dead end publishing option

tied to traditional media

Web = merging of first two

My Story

Markoff

Justin's Home Page to Links from the Underground

Architecture

Wired

The Present

Two Models for Magazine people on the web:

Hotwired

Pathfinder

Non-Professional Publishing Potential

Links from the Underground

Zines

Commerical Entities - Storefronts and subscriptions until Digicash

The Future

size issues

more servers, more platforms

Publishers and the rest of the world

Commercial interests/prospects

market size/power

digital cash - issues of privacy and freedom

Commercial potential/expectations

Role of the Web

Potential/Expectations

Web as prototype of large scale, public accessable/harnassable, popular online service

Problems with Web

Where does Video on Demand fit in?

Your Role

Early web publishers laying groundwork for information systems of the future

get out there and make something wonderful.