Scripting News: 5/17/2004

I think Dave Winer's description of how we'll solicit travel arrangements in five years is spot on. I just hope it happens sooner!
Scripting News: 5/17/2004: "Five years from now, or sooner, you'll be able to enter something like this in a publicly accessible profile. 'I have three months free and $X burning a hole in my pocket. I'd like to have an inspiring experience, in a place I've never been before, but I'd also like to have meals provided (healthy please) and I require a high-speed Internet connection. I like to swim, hike, and have long discussions about the future of writing, journalism, politics, networks, humans. Massages a plus. No smoking.' You'd leave this hanging around, with links to places you've been and what you thought of them. Within 24 hours the offers would start coming in. They'd be pitches of course. Custom-designed for your needs. Perhaps some reconfiguring of an existing resort would be needed, that would be factored into the offer. I think they had something like this service in a Heinlein book. "