i knew his reputation, i knew i'd like this guy when i read "o'reilly in a nutshell" but this is the first time i've actually seen him. very nice interview! co

i knew his reputation, i knew i'd like this guy when i read "o'reilly in a nutshell" but this is the first time i've actually seen him. very nice interview! content-wise, though, i'm not sure i would discount the many me-too startups merely because they are "derivative". sure, you've seen this Y before in X, but i feel the trickle-down force of technology is, if anything, becoming stronger by the day, i.e. the breadth of "real life" to which you can bring even existing technology or old hat ideas and still make a profound difference is huge. i walk around and see about a thousand things where i say "couldn't someone bring at least a bit of X into this Y?" second, it's ironic that one of the two things that are virtually guaranteed to become ever more valuable in a world in which everything else eventually becomes "commoditized" are commodities. another hard limit is the future. anything that can push the boundary in forecasting will become extremely valuable in a time when everything becomes so interdependent.