Presentation given at Ajax World in San Jose on October 20, 2008. Presents an overview of Internet applications passed and present and gives a hint of what is to come.

2. Email Bankruptcy “ I routinely declare email bankruptcy and simply delete my entire inbox.” - Michael Arrington, TechCrunch “ Wondering if I can get a Bear Sterns bailout for my email bankruptcy.” - willpate on Twitter “ (He) just declared email bankruptcy. I've read those declarations enough to know it means our email tools aren't usable.” - garrickvanburen on Twitter So, why is email still around despite all the challenges and criticism… ?

6. Prehistoric Email Apps

9. Browsing The Web Via Email “ For personal reasons, I do not browse the web from my computer. (I also have no net connection much of the time.) To look at page I send mail to a demon which runs wget and mails the page back to me. It is very efficient use of my time, but it is slow in real time.” -- Richard Stallman (2007-12-15)

10. About TripIt ?

13. ***CONFIDENTIAL***

15. Forward Any Confirmation Email Automated Online Master Itinerary Automated Weather, Maps, Guides… Trip Sharing & Social Alerts iCal & Atom Support Email & Mobile Access Add Meetings, Activities, Restaurants, etc.

17. Types Of Email App Services Command Line Interface Data Transfer Semantic Parsing Broadcast ?

19. Example: Mailing Lists Searchable knowledge base built as a by-product of natural human communication

22. Example: I Want Sandy http://iwantsandy.com/

23. Example: TripIt

25. Example: Flickr

26. Example: Blogger

28. Example: TrackMyShipments

29. Example: TripIt Timezone Online Checkin Flight Status Seat Advice Flight Details Weather