can offer. In September 2008, in a speech at the Web 2.0 conference (reprised in a different way at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting), Louis predicted the rise of crypto-currencies (which he called "virtual currencies") long before the popularity of Bitcoin. Contributions to standards Throughout the 1990s, Louis was involved in a number of initiatives led by the World Wide Web Consortium, including the development of an early draft standard for merging television with the web. The initiative was launched too early in the development of the web and the effort quickly died off with few people adopting the proposed standard. In the early 2000s, Louis was involved in the development community surrounding RSS, proposing a number of amendments to the specifications of the time. The proposal included creating a date element for every item in an RSS feed and provided the theoretical framework to distribute data files over an RSS channel, anticipating what now is known as podcasting. Writing In 1994-1995, Louis served as editor on a number of guides to the Internet. He was a principal research editor on five books authored by Michael Wolff: Net.Games, Net.Money, Net.Sports, Net.Trek, and Net.Tech. Louis also wrote articles for a wide number of technology publications including The Silicon Alley Reporter, Business 2.0, IEEE Spectrum, The New York Times, and others. Beginning in 2000, Louis started publishing a weblog, which is noted for its dissection and research into technology trends. In 2010, Louis became a frequent contributor to Business Insider and Forbes. In 2011, Louis started a weekly column called "On technology". It is now carried by 35 newspapers globally. Notes and references Reavy, Matthew M., 1996, Group Communication on the Internet - 1996 study Falk, JD and Tristan Louis, 1993 alt.internet.media-coverage FAQ (through Internet Archive) Mecklermedia Corporation, February 7, 1996 Mecklermedia Joins Protest Louis, Tristan, What I Learned at Boo.com AtNewYork Staff, April 11, 1997 Earthweb shifts gears, turns publisher Louis, Tristan, October 13, 2003 - Suggestions for RSS 0.92 Louis, Tristan, September 19, 2008 - Coins to QQ Wolff, Michael. Net.Games, Random House, 1995. Wolff, Michael. Net.Money, Random House, 1995. Wolff, Michael. Net.Sports, Random House, 1995. Wolff, Michael. Net.Trek, Random House, 1995. Wolff, Michael. Net.Tech, Random House, 1995. Louis, Tristan Bibliography Tristan Louis on Business Insider Tristan Louis on Forbes External links Tristan Louis' weblog Tristan Louis' official site 1971 births Living people People from Digne-les-Bains Computer programmers French