Amit Kothari of QuotationsBook speaking at Future of Web Apps in London, February 2007.

1. VIDEO for intro (excluded)
See http://b.amitkoth.com for QuickTime video

2. The Process
• Locked in a room, scrabbled and understood.
• Came out for fresh air, everything was web 2.0.
• Whatever. Went back into room...
• Sociality is a satellite concern.
• QB .. a rich content system.

3. Video (excluded)

4. Functionality
• Video (excluded)

5. Pick up the REAL book
• Indexed Project Gutenberg.
• 19,000+ Classic Books, rich in quotes and
context. Matched our quotes into books.
• The most famous books in history marry the
axioms of classical wisdom.

6. Higher and beyond
• Blog Bling, badges. Tumblelog/QuoteStream.
• Complete the triad - Photos (FlickR, etc), Videos
(YouTube, etc.), Text (QB).
• SMS and mobile web.
• The “Quote Cosmos”. Meaningful, useful.
• Aiming for longevity ... search engine for
anything notable that anyone has written or
said.
• We’re working with Amazon WS, BBC Backstage,
Ask.com, Answers.com, Twitter and... you?