Comments on: Facebook is the Next ______ http://www.chezpete.com/techblog/2007/07/20/facebook-is-the-next-______/ The Tech World from an Engineer's Perspective Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:12:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Lisa http://www.chezpete.com/techblog/2007/07/20/facebook-is-the-next-______/#comment-9 Lisa Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:22:54 +0000 http://www.chezpete.com/techblog/2007/07/20/facebook-is-the-next-______/#comment-9 A very insightful post. The last paragraph. I have a point in my head that I just can't articulate just now. (ok here goes...) Maybe we're going through some sort of an evolution. We had Friendster..then MySpace...and with the developer platform all of a sudden Facebook looks like it's going to dominate. (I don't know where LinkedIn fits here). But then maybe Facebook got it just right...and then maybe it will be that way for a while and there won't be any innovation like you said...but then one could also say that period of lull is just because users are content for a while...and then when we reach the point of discontent again maybe something else will come along...the next Facebook. I guess the bigger question then would be how long that period of contentment will last. Kinda says something about the term "revolutionary." It really isn't "revolutionary" if everything else around you is going through it. You can cause a ripple only when the water is calm. I don't think any of that made any sense. A very insightful post.

The last paragraph. I have a point in my head that I just can’t articulate just now.

(ok here goes…)

Maybe we’re going through some sort of an evolution. We had Friendster..then MySpace…and with the developer platform all of a sudden Facebook looks like it’s going to dominate. (I don’t know where LinkedIn fits here). But then maybe Facebook got it just right…and then maybe it will be that way for a while and there won’t be any innovation like you said…but then one could also say that period of lull is just because users are content for a while…and then when we reach the point of discontent again maybe something else will come along…the next Facebook.

I guess the bigger question then would be how long that period of contentment will last.

Kinda says something about the term “revolutionary.” It really isn’t “revolutionary” if everything else around you is going through it. You can cause a ripple only when the water is calm.

I don’t think any of that made any sense.

]]> By: Kieron Murphy http://www.chezpete.com/techblog/2007/07/20/facebook-is-the-next-______/#comment-5 Kieron Murphy Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:33:57 +0000 http://www.chezpete.com/techblog/2007/07/20/facebook-is-the-next-______/#comment-5 You can find more info on Blake Ross and Parakey at IEEE Spectrum in the article "The Firefox Kid" (http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/nov06/4696) from last November. Interestingly, Mark Zuckerberg of FaceBook is a good friend of Ross's. Synergy at work! You can find more info on Blake Ross and Parakey at IEEE Spectrum in the article “The Firefox Kid” (http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/nov06/4696) from last November. Interestingly, Mark Zuckerberg of FaceBook is a good friend of Ross’s. Synergy at work!

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