Just yesterday I was reading (it's behind a paywall I think, I get the newspaper) that online video views and more notably video ad views are going to be higher this year, and continue growth for the next few years. I don't know if everything listed will succeed, and I mentioned to a friend that I had doubts on Twitter making it through the year (I'd say they could start charging, but people just flock to the next startup like FriendFeed, then when that dies, something else), and he had mentioned he had the same thoughts.

I think that these things ARE monetize-able, you just have to start charging businesses who are using the stuff to 'connect' with customers for a higher API limit or something.

Especially with the open source laconica powering http://identi.ca/ and Google's Jaiku going Open Source. I think they'll exist, but yeah, I guess it costs money to run servers! People paid for LJ accounts though, didn't they?

you should probably have replied to jeffTWC so it shows up in his inbox.

You reminded me of this woman who breastfed her kids for a long, long time after it was necessary because she got off on it. Wish I had a link for you, man.

I have FiOS, it rocks. There is no reason not to switch.