While it's hard to say when the dotcom bubble began to burst, it's now officially clear when the internet stock bubble ended,
which would be today. With the NASDAQ taking the first dip to 1996 levels, it's time to grab a
Webvan-delivered 40oz out of your orange
Kozmo-surplus bag and tip it in honor of all them
Pets who
still can't drive.
posted by mathowie
on Sep 23, 2002 -
20 comments
First Boo.com goes down, now DEN.
The Digital Entertainment Network is closing it's doors after running out of cash. After raising over 33 million dollars, they burned it at rate of up to $3 million per month, pulled their $75 million stock offering, and with no revenue model in place, they had to close up shop, with 150 people suddenly out of work.
posted by mathowie
on May 18, 2000 -
4 comments
The delay in adding new top level domains drags on, and there seems to be no solution in sight. ICANN can't agree on whether or not to add new TLDs like .biz, .cars, or .corp., but they are discussing it at an upcoming meeting in March. I would hope they add enough domains to make domain squatting difficult, but I bet large corporations will just buy everything with their name it anyway, and fight over others' use of their name with a different TLD. What a mess.
posted by mathowie
on Jan 28, 2000 -
0 comments
Gomez.com looks like they're doing the same thing that
Bizrate is doing: rating the dotcommerce companies. It seems like a lot of companies have been copying the Amazon interface, now I see why. In the 'Ease of Use' category, Amazon is number one in
books,
toys, and
music (they would have swept all their categories but
Borders won for Video).
posted by mathowie
on Oct 29, 1999 -
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Salon is running a piece on how the internet has ruined San Francisco. I have to say I agree 100%. I've lived in Southern California all my life and S.F. has historically been a much cooler, mellower place that I looked forward to visiting. But over the past couple of years, I've found myself travelling up there once every couple months, and every time I go it's busier, more crowded, and everyone is in a bigger hurry. For me, the mystique of S.F. is totally gone. The dotcom riches have ruined the place. [found at
Camworld]
posted by mathowie
on Oct 28, 1999 -
0 comments
