Andy McIlwain (andymci) http://www.andymci.com Online residence of Andy McIlwain. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:14:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 John Battelle: What commons do we wish for? http://www.andymci.com/john-battelle-what-commons-do-we-wish-for/ http://www.andymci.com/john-battelle-what-commons-do-we-wish-for/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:15:14 +0000 Andy http://www.andymci.com/?p=623 The future of the old internet, the Open Internet, is at risk. John Battelle explains why in a recent blog post. His comments echo my own sentiment that the modern web will be replaced by an ecosystem of apps.

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