Without a doubt, the big news today atleast in tech circles will be about Microsoft's acquisition of 1.6% of Facebook.
Of course there are those who think that many companies missed the bus.However, I beg to disagree. I think this is one smart thing that they might have done.
Before you call me a technophobe and other unmentionable names, let me just say:
Social Networking sites are fickle. Extremely fickle. They are mostly populated by us, the N-Gen, who love to think that we are unique and thus cool.
Orkut was the must have some years back - Actually, two; but it seems like a long time ago! We went on a adding friend frenzy with Orkut, I still remember the good old days when there was no word verification and you had to get an invite from someone - for me it was from a tech savvy 50-something who happened to be my professor in my B-school. Then you had to create an Orkut account to sign in there, and things were much simpler and cleaner with a slightly cheesy UI and random requesting to "be fraands"
Sometime last year, I came across the name Facebook in a local newspaper, which described it the next best thing to sliced bread... or at least, Orkut. I had to see what it was all about, and I promptly signed up, impressed with the color scheme and the different third-party ad-ons.
So what has my switching of favorites to do with all this?
Simply this, that I am waiting for the next best thing. And it is not just me. For a generation which want to be defined as unique and ahead of the curve - change is the only constant, and we will keep on changing desperately to define ourselves.
I would much rather see different companies being open to third party apps which will allow me to access my flavor of the moment - while using their services.
And before you thrash my POV, please remember that even he believed in case study!
Of course there are those who think that many companies missed the bus.However, I beg to disagree. I think this is one smart thing that they might have done.
Before you call me a technophobe and other unmentionable names, let me just say:
Social Networking sites are fickle. Extremely fickle. They are mostly populated by us, the N-Gen, who love to think that we are unique and thus cool.
Orkut was the must have some years back - Actually, two; but it seems like a long time ago! We went on a adding friend frenzy with Orkut, I still remember the good old days when there was no word verification and you had to get an invite from someone - for me it was from a tech savvy 50-something who happened to be my professor in my B-school. Then you had to create an Orkut account to sign in there, and things were much simpler and cleaner with a slightly cheesy UI and random requesting to "be fraands"
Sometime last year, I came across the name Facebook in a local newspaper, which described it the next best thing to sliced bread... or at least, Orkut. I had to see what it was all about, and I promptly signed up, impressed with the color scheme and the different third-party ad-ons.
So what has my switching of favorites to do with all this?
Simply this, that I am waiting for the next best thing. And it is not just me. For a generation which want to be defined as unique and ahead of the curve - change is the only constant, and we will keep on changing desperately to define ourselves.
I would much rather see different companies being open to third party apps which will allow me to access my flavor of the moment - while using their services.
And before you thrash my POV, please remember that even he believed in case study!
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