Amber Case: The Future of Web Monetization
Channel: London Web Standards
Date: 30/11/2021

The current shape of the web is not focused on creators—it is a crowded, overdeveloped road full of chain stores, expecting its innovators to fit into a standard advertising model rather than owning their own real estate.

Micropayments are an emerging way for creators to get paid directly, reducing or removing the need for individuals to resort to advertising for survival.

This recorded talk will provide an accessible introduction to the future of micropayments, decentralized currencies, and the future of money. We’ll explore, from a global perspective, how micropayments can help inspire new ecosystems, how people can get involved, and how we can work together to bring a new level of democracy and community-building to the web.

About Amber Case

Amber Case is an internationally recognized design advocate and speaker, and the author of four books, including Calm Technology and A Kids Book About Technology. She spent two years as a fellow at MIT’s Center for Civic Media and Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. Her TED Talk, We Are All Cyborgs Now has over 2 million views.

Named one of Inc. Magazine’s 30 under 30 and Fast Company’s Most Influential Women in Technology, she was named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer in 2012 and received the Claude Shannon Innovation Award from Bell Labs. She was the co-founder and CEO of Geoloqi, a location-based software company acquired by Esri.

Case is currently a 2021 Mozilla Fellow working on the future of web economics and creator compensation.