#ISOJ12 journalists shouldn’t take disruption personally

Energy, education and healthcare are the next to be disrupted by the Internet, @BobMetcalfe says. #isoj12

@bobmetcalfe: How to monetize journalism,1) focus on third kind of content, 2) figure out how to make readers pay and 3) surprise #isoj12

Fitting that the inventor of Ethernet is a keynote speaker at this journalism conference. #isoj12

Bob Metcalfe talking on How to monatize journalism? “The number of people we are reaching is more important than the speed.” #ISOJ12

Spot on: Serendipity is a red herring. It is easy to program says @BobMetcalfe at #ISOJ12 #ISOJ

.@BobMetcalfe says advertising is not the answer, but micropayments might work. He says “frictions in payment” are going down. #isoj12

Value of the network quadratic takes off with critical mass, per @bobmetcalfe. #isoj12

@BobMetcalfe speaks about the number of users they can reach and about the critical mass thanks to virality such as Facebook. #isoj12

Education and journalism similar: involve informing people, both in the public interest.Profs will have same problem as journalists. #isoj12

Virality = making your content so vital that it is in your readers’ best interest to share it with others, says @bobmetcalfe at #ISOJ12

Internet pioneer Bob Metcalfe has few journalism answers, but he’s right saying education will be the next big tech disruption. #isoj12

U have 80 million amateur photojournalists taking pics and that is worth a billion dollars? Asks @BobMetcalfe re: Instagram purchase #ISOJ12