Amit Kothari @ FOWA Feb 07

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The Process

• Locked in a room, scrabbled and understood.

• Came out for fresh air, everything was web 2.0.

• Whatever. Went back into room...

• Sociality is a satellite concern.

• QB .. a rich content system.

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Functionality

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Pick up the REAL book

• Indexed Project Gutenberg.

• 19,000+ Classic Books, rich in quotes and context. Matched our quotes into books.

• The most famous books in history marry the axioms of classical wisdom.

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Higher and beyond

• Blog Bling, badges. Tumblelog/QuoteStream.

• Complete the triad - Photos (FlickR, etc), Videos (YouTube, etc.), Text (QB).

• SMS and mobile web.

• The “Quote Cosmos”. Meaningful, useful.

• Aiming for longevity ... search engine for anything notable that anyone has written or said.

• We’re working with Amazon WS, BBC Backstage, Ask.com, Answers.com, Twitter and... you?