Data And The Future Of The Web  —  After I asserted several times that data is the key to the future of the web, Umair Haque gave my head a good spin by asserting that data is in fact a commodity.  Umair is half right — we are increasingly overrun by data, and SOME of it is a commodity.

Source:   Publishing 2.0

Author:   Scott Karp

Link:   http://publishing2.com/2008/01/05/data-and-the-future…