valleylist(sm) v185r.1 friday 12.02.2011
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EMAIL REVISITED. required because the popularity of email is almost impossible to believe. throw in texting and instant messaging and you have a communications revolution.
“valleylist” covered email extensively in v158 email [arpanet] with a list of top 10 email services and the origin of email.
107 trillion emails from nearly 2 billion internet users world wide in 2010. almost 1/3 of the world’s population using around 2.9 billion email accounts.
brideshead revisited is a monumental television series based is based on the novel by evelyn waugh. just in time for the holidays a 30th anniversary edition. ”the noble marchmain family entrances charles ryder first through meeting the charming and provocative sebastian flyte and then the sophisticated sister julia. the rise and fall of charles’ infatuations reflect the decline of a decadent era in england between the wars”.
email is just the opposite. it’s for everybody. no need to invade a self-described wealthy family for contacts money or access to information. just log on and log in.
a democratic institution from one century to the next.
larry page founder of google [along with serge brin] the provider of gmail is the “valleylist” avatar this week. google gmail remains the world’s largest internet email service. google was founded in 1998. in 2002 mit named page one of the top 100 innovators in the world under 35.the same year page was named a global leader for tomorrow by the world economic forum.in2004 page and brin received the marconi foundation prize the “highest award in engineering” and were elected marconi fellows at columbia. in 2005 page and brin were elected fellows of the american academy of arts and sciences. larry page’s net work is around $17 billion. google remains the #1 internet destination world wide with more visitors than any other internet service.
gmail is the google email service that revolutionized internet email and remains the world’s most popular email service.
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source: top 10 reviews emails 2010
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the headlines and products mentioned in this edition of “valleylist” are included in the youtube playlist and all playlists are included in the youtube videos.
“2×2” ($200) is on display at morty’s delicatessen 280 golden gate and the silkscreen version of “the head” self portrait“ ($85) is included in the “tiny” show at the studio gallery 1815 polk street from 11.3 to 12.23. come for the studio anniversary party sunday december 4th 2-6.
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analysis. could be credit cards are more popular. top cards are visa [64%] and mastercard [26%] based on credit card expenditures world wide. usa is the most credit card intensive country in the world with 5 cards per person. americans use credit cards to pay for one quarter of all retail purchases. could be the email user_id is the same as the credit card number. like many services billed to the telephone number or like movies and communication services billed to the cable television customer number it could be email in the future. email covers a lot of ground. the most important internet identifier – - the user id.
could email replace credit cards as the common carrier of commercial activity?
consider the home of the future.
it’s based on digital broadcast combined with 3-d home-theatre-in-the round and communications module. multi-media. interactive. everybody on the internet. everybody off-the-grid with free or low cost electric power solutions. off-the-grid water and sewage solutions developed. an electric car in every garage. a turkey in every pot. everything is wireless. perhaps even electric power is wireless. new digital broadcast enabled television radio computer digital tablet and cell phone technology are everywhere.
everybody has a lifetime email address.
everybody has a multi-media avatar to display on all media.
just bill it to my email address valleylist@gmail.com.
earthbound vacations are not technologically challenging. outer space is a lot more interesting. civilian space travel includes a few destinations. stop overs at the space station. lunar landings and even round trip to mars just like total recall. the most interesting civilian space destinations have yet to be discovered.
everybody’s on the internet. the internet itself is totally redesigned to accommodate multi-media interactivity and is actively involved in developing new successful forms of multi-media news and entertainment.
the home of the future is built around the 3-d virtual reality digital home-theatre-in-the-round interactive multi-media news entertainment and communications center.
as quentin crisp once said “television is something to be on not watch”.
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strawberry fields forever is all i get from the fracas.
more quentin crisp. america’s ”republican revolt went as far as the purple onion. and that’s way too far to the right.” said at an open mic some where in san francisco. i thought i saw peaches christ there promoting the new christmas show “the shining holiday spectacular”.
marga gomez hasn’t made up her mind yet after “not getting any younger” who knows.
ellen degeneres plays the palace [of fine arts] and will be in the hospital [saint elsewhere?] for christmas and new years.
paula poundstone plays the sf palace 12.17.2011 and plans to stay in for christmas and round out the new year touring new york.
roxie cinema the “oldest continually operating theater in san francisco” will be featuring the usual trashy films from local artists old school film noir celebrity holiday film festivals gay cinema and fun film makers frolicking.
oasis [beady eye] touring the usa the first week of december will be performing “champagne super nova” then tour the rest of the world for the new year.
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