The event was BeyondBricks.com, the British government’s DTI-sponsored initiative to energise the flagging internet industry, and two sages of the London scene were holding forth. The "Beyond Bricks" phrase refers to the term "clicks and mortar", coined to describe the marriage of the internet with traditional business. It was allegedly minted by Microsoft researcher Kevin Scholfield or David Pottruck, co-chief executive at Charles Schwab in 1999, depending on whether you