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There is something about all of this that makes some people see dollar
signs, though for most there have been more signs than dollars.
This drives some people crazy, especially those who have to listen again
and again to the get-rich-on-the-web schemes of those who see great
opportunity here. It is wise, however, to not discount the general impression
of groups of people, whatever those impressions may be.
There is opportunity here, for the web has all of the requirements of a
marketplace: those who have products and services to offer can display, and
in some cases deliver, those products and services to others in need of
them.
But even the street bazaars in Tunisia have some order, besides that imposed
by the natural laws of supply and demand, and competition. Someone must
clean the streets, and light the lamps, and provide what in the temporal
world we call the infrastructure.
The need for web-work will grow as access to the web grows, and right now
there is a demand for quality web services. We see quality work going on
here, as good a quality as one will find anywhere. But access to those with
skills by those who need them is somewhat haphazard now, and a more
effective method is needed.
If you have thoughts on this subject, we want to hear from you. If you are
doing pages and think they are good enough for the marketplace, we want to
hear from you. (If you think these computers are the Devil's handiwork, we
want to hear from you, too. We could really use a good laugh this week.)
Serious discussions are underway at ICNet Internet Services which could
connect those who enjoy web-writing with those who need web-writing, and at
least an inventory is required for a preliminary assessment of resources.
Those already engaged in providing web-writing services here and elsewhere
are strongly encouraged to join in this discussion. Your prior experience
in the marketplace gives you a better perspective, and your cooperation will
enhance both the talent pool and the quality of the services being offered.
The American model of business is too often cut-throat, and countries where
this is not the case, Japan and Germany for example, have prospered in the
international markets while American businesses have wasted time and
resources trying to hurt one another intead of helping one another.
While we may not be shipping grain to Kiev here at ICNet, people like
Patricia Weeg, Bob Drudge and Wayne Wright are sending as much data
to as many places as anyone could hope to do on their own, and if this isn't
an international market, then it isn't Sunday morning, and we aren't about
to be late for an important appointment.
It is, and we are. Write soon. The money you earn maybe your own.
November 26, 1995 Charles Paparella The Shore Journal [You idiot.] Return to Index |