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Kevin Kelly: Predicting the next 5,000 days of the web

themvu — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:51:48 +0000

At the 2007 EG conference, Kevin Kelly shares a fun stat: The World Wide Web, as we know it, is only 5,000 days old. Now, Kelly asks, how can we predict what’s coming in the next 5,000 days?

Startup Junkies Episode 1

themvu — Tue, 27 May 2008 06:32:50 +0000

Evernote has evolved

themvu — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:15:15 +0000

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Evernote has evolved and everyone is going to get hooked.

Morgan Stanley’s March Internet Trends Report: Social Applications Dominating

themvu — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:35:10 +0000

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Ari Balogh (Yahoo’s CTO) Keynote Speech @ Web 2.0

themvu — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:20:54 +0000

Honda’s revolutionary fuel-cell car, to debut in 2008.

themvu — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:54:15 +0000

Honda’s upcoming fuel-cell car emits water instead of carbon.

Information R/evolution

themvu — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:18:28 +0000

The Future of Facebook Applications

themvu — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:24:15 +0000

I posted a comment on Facereviews.com and wanted to share it here as well. I believe that the Future of Facebook Applications involve:

1. Better UI and usability.
From a visual/design standpoint, the Facebook Platform imposes a unique constraint – the frame around it. It’s not exactly a blank slate. The design of applications need to be more strategic to make it look coherent, consistent, and FB’ish.

While developers focus on getting their applications out fast, usability and UI took a backseat. There has yet to be a standard for design, but there will be soon. As the good apps get better, FB Platform “Darwinism” will undoubtedly put the focus back on UI and usability.

2. Families.
Hands down the hottest company of 2007, Facebook is the chosen one – the one to rival Google. But in order for that to happen, families need to be on Facebook. Right now there is a lot of focus on friends and associates, but almost nothing for families.

If they can get my mom and dad, and (gasp) my grandpa on Facebook, I will be amazed. It’s a safe bet to say that Zuckerberg and Co. are aware of this and have many things under tight wraps. The fast growing community of developers are also probably addressing this opportunity.

3. Mobile advertising
One of the things that I feel FB does very well is using SMS to add/confirm friends and receive updates. It works very fast and is dead simple.For all those who continue to speculate how they will monetize their platform? Here’s the answer: mobile ads. =)

Nobody, not even Google, has really established any sort of leverage for the lucrative mobile ads industry. Facebook, however, continues to create more leverage every day with new applications. By using the built in FB SMS infrastructure, developers are able to create applications that send sms messages to users. Furthermore, more and more people will have unlimited sms and data.

So picture this: SMS + FB Applications = A lot of SMS. A lot of SMS = A lot of space for mobile text ads. And if Google was any indication, text ads = $$$.

Those are my 3 cents. =)

BMW 1 Series Coming to USA

themvu — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:32:45 +0000

“the 135i has the same twin-turbo, 3-liter inline 6 with 300 horses and equal level of torque sitting in the engine bay of the big brother 335i.”

(from Jalopnik)

A new, better CNN.com.

themvu — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:40:30 +0000

It’s unfortunate that it takes big media companies so long to adapt to the fast moving web trends and standards in design and usability. Nonetheless, the media powerhouse, CNN.com has finally re-designed their site. I must say that it’s a big improvement over the old design, offering a much cleaner and smoother experience.

Check it out now, if you haven’t already.