[p2p-research] Judging the top 10 Internet moments of the decade | Digital Media - CNET News

[Paul D. Fernhout]

From:
   http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10404988-93.html
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The Webby Awards rundown of the decade in chronological order:
     * Craigslist moving outside San Francisco in 2000 to revamp the whole 
notion of classified ads, striking fear in the hearts of newspapers everywhere.
     * The launch of Google AdWords in 2000, opening up a new world of 
advertising for businesses both large and small.
     * The start of Wikipedia in 2001 showing off the Internet's ability to 
let online strangers collaborate, leading to more than 14 million articles 
in 271 different languages.
     * The takedown of Napster in 2001, triggering a revolution in the way 
we now grab our music and videos.
     * Google's IPO in 2004, creating a massive, dominant, and far-reaching 
force on the Internet.
     * The online video revolution in 2006 triggered by beefy bandwidth, 
cheap camcorders, and YouTube, flooding cyberspace with an array of 
professional and not-so-professional videos.
     * The expansion of Facebook and the debut of Twitter in 2006, creating 
a fresh way for us to interact and communicate with friends and family.
     * The launch of the iPhone in 2007, helping us hop onto the Internet 
anywhere, anytime through a cell phone.
     * The U.S. presidential campaign in 2008 tapping into the Internet with 
videos like "Obama Girl," social networking use among voters, and online 
fundraising.
     * The Iranian election protesters in 2009 using Twitter to spread their 
word, a movement that prompted the U.S. State Department to ask Twitter to 
keep the site up and running.
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At least half of them are about some form of P2P (if not all of them, to 
some degree).

--Paul Fernhout
http://www.pdfernhout.net/