Are You Part of the Revolution?

I am. Have been for nearly 30 years with a small hiatus with a partner (ask me how that turned out someday). This will be the heart and soul of the economy in 30 years. (A prediction? - ed. "Why, yes it is.")

Numerous currents have converged to produce this reaction. Bloggers, those do-it-yourself journalists, showed big media that the barriers to entry (like owning a printing press, say) didn’t much matter. Podcasters took radio into their own hands, creating audio shows and putting them online. Amateur music producers, using software that was once the province only of major labels, invented mash-ups: combining songs into totally new ones, then giving them away or selling them. And with the advent of services like Google AdSense, which let people easily put advertising on their sites, these tinkerers could—while not vaulting themselves into Bill Gates territory—at least break even.
Technology - The Amazing Rise of the Do-It-Yourself Economy - FORTUNE