The online networking industry is faced with a problem: the emergence of a few standardized leaders in the market. The business is still in its infancy and the landscape is similar to pre-Google days. Sure search capabilities existed begore Google, but we had one too many search engines and none that could really hand consumers the power of the web in a single click. We haven't seen a single example of a networking company proving itself financially profitable as yet.
Majority of the users of social and business networking softwares are clearly disappointed with the disparate and weak solutions available in the market. A plethora of mass networking sites like orkut, friendster, classmates, linkedin, yahoogroups, googlegroups, facebook as well as thousands of smaller regional and niche players are still in the evolutionary phase. So far not a single networking model has been able to capture the constant attention span of the users. The power of the network is both in its reach (various types of services) and in its depth (a critical mass of customers).
Customer satisfaction and business viability are sore issues for now.
Pensive Moments
Had quite a few pensive moments this past weekend.
Watched an inspiring interview of Bill Clinton and a MSNBC series on leaders and headliners which included the life changing journies of Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Rodham Clinton. I always have and still do admire Bill as a political leader. What beats me is how a sensible and shrude public figure like Bill could take the risk of extra-marital affairs ? Thats the reality of the American Dream; applies to the head of the country as well ! Another great example of the fulfilled dream is seen in the movie American Beauty. Can't help thinking why SEX is such a high priority on an adult American's agenda ? Note to self: Still haven't read Clinton's "My Life".
Coming back on track, Hillary's nomination was under debate on the famous show HardBall. Hillary is supposed to be a very strong contender alongwith Rudy Guliani and John McCain. It would be interesting to see if the most advanced and powerful country in the world will have a woman President or not ?
Meanwhile, a bunch of young kids continued to amaze me this Sunday afternoon as I watched the 78th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. These 8-13 year olds displayed their expertise at spelling unheard of words from the english dictionary over 19 consecutive rounds. The fact that the winner, Anurag Kashyap, a kid of Indian descent was a smiling hero one minute but just a shy kid the next second was kind of a let down for me. Anurag and his Dad mustered shy "Thanks" to all the press questions. This is strange for me. For a kid who definitely has a vocabulary far better than a average person; 2 lines as a winner's speech is not much to ask.
Not that I have a very different opinion of myself. I could easily identify myself with Jack from "All work and no play makes Jack a dull person". Work has been real busy this week...Its great when a day passes by and you realise you learnt something new from someone today. Now that I think of it, the last 9 months have not been a waste of life. Its been real. Its all been a great learning experience. The work, the new city, the people...
My next post is going to be all about my thoughts on San Diego, the top holiday destination in California.....May be I will also start shaping my thoughts on the future..
Watched an inspiring interview of Bill Clinton and a MSNBC series on leaders and headliners which included the life changing journies of Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Rodham Clinton. I always have and still do admire Bill as a political leader. What beats me is how a sensible and shrude public figure like Bill could take the risk of extra-marital affairs ? Thats the reality of the American Dream; applies to the head of the country as well ! Another great example of the fulfilled dream is seen in the movie American Beauty. Can't help thinking why SEX is such a high priority on an adult American's agenda ? Note to self: Still haven't read Clinton's "My Life".
Coming back on track, Hillary's nomination was under debate on the famous show HardBall. Hillary is supposed to be a very strong contender alongwith Rudy Guliani and John McCain. It would be interesting to see if the most advanced and powerful country in the world will have a woman President or not ?
Meanwhile, a bunch of young kids continued to amaze me this Sunday afternoon as I watched the 78th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. These 8-13 year olds displayed their expertise at spelling unheard of words from the english dictionary over 19 consecutive rounds. The fact that the winner, Anurag Kashyap, a kid of Indian descent was a smiling hero one minute but just a shy kid the next second was kind of a let down for me. Anurag and his Dad mustered shy "Thanks" to all the press questions. This is strange for me. For a kid who definitely has a vocabulary far better than a average person; 2 lines as a winner's speech is not much to ask.
Not that I have a very different opinion of myself. I could easily identify myself with Jack from "All work and no play makes Jack a dull person". Work has been real busy this week...Its great when a day passes by and you realise you learnt something new from someone today. Now that I think of it, the last 9 months have not been a waste of life. Its been real. Its all been a great learning experience. The work, the new city, the people...
My next post is going to be all about my thoughts on San Diego, the top holiday destination in California.....May be I will also start shaping my thoughts on the future..
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