success on the internet ...

There have been alot of successes on the internet. More so during the dot com boom around the 2000 period, i think all that is over now as investors arnt as willing to invest in anything.com as they did back then. In the dot com boom any joe selling grass on the internet could be a millionaire.

That being said, i do think that there is somewhat of a boom, well not a boom but a willingness ot invest except that, its more controlled and not everything will make the creator a millionaire.

If you look at the recent web successes post 2000, most of them had some novelty or something that highy attacted the masses. Some of thes novelties that were present in some of the recent successes didnt seem like they had traction but eventually did gain traction and did become successful applications. With that being said, Lets look at some of the great successes of the internet ....

Google: Well probably the greatest success of all time and im glad. Couldnt have happened to a better pair of guys. They care about the world, provide the kind of working environment that any technology guru would feel welcomed in (instead of shunned and viewed as a *resource*). Google from the outset had alot of traction, their search was great and i think it was because of google and its searching ability that i was able to do alot of my assignements during uni ... back then nothing beat a google search when learning how to program :) ... so in saying that thanks to Sergey & Larry ... good job, keep creating the great technology and keeping the company creed alive ... 'dont be evil' (id shudder to think what would happen if google no longer took this creed seriously)

Youtube: A great success and something that i use very often, the idea is simple but is very useful. Its become the standard for online video delivery and has created many stars that have spun of making youtube videos. Different to google though, youtube's success was built by the population, it became what it is because of the users and the content they provided to drive popularity to youtube. I guess its like beez to honey, if you provide something everyone likes it will attract the masses.

Facebook: Another iconic internet website. Again another website that is created by the masses. Facebook provides the platform and people all around the world build the content. The ablity to share details, share experiences , share media and share information has created a website that is enourmously popular ... why, possibly because it allows us humans to endulge our normal human tendencies to share and let people know what we are doing in a way that is widley excepted ...

There are many other sites out there that are very popular that people may or may not know about, however still popular and sucessful none the less.

• Twitter


• Craigs List


• Dig


• Flicker


• mySpace


• Wikapedia

Simon - Left & Ryan - Right

I just want to also add a congratultions to some guys from my university where i did my undergrad - (university of sydney) who have succeeded in building a website/application that has launched them to stardom in the geek world !, specially in sydney. http://www.omnisio.com/ is their website and its a video mashup technology that allows editing of videos online by adding text bubbles, comments, combining powerpoint presentations along with many other features.

Google bought the technology and the guys are in the process of integrating the omnisio video mashup technology to youtube. Some of the features of their new technology have now been integrated into youtube and noticed them when i was uploading some of my own youtube videos.

I remeber these guys from my uni:

Ryan Junee: I had Ryan Junee as my tutor for operating systems and also for my initial blue (introduction to programming) class. Ryan was a great tutor and its good to hear of the successes of fellow university alumi's

Simon Ratner: Simon was in the same year as i was (if im not mistaken) and i remember seeing simon in our uni halls, seemed like he had always finished his assignments when all of us where doing late nights either in the labs or at home.... Also great to hear of the success simon has had ....

So ... how does this relate to us ... well i guess it just adds to the motivation and the driving force to succeed. I heard of Ryan and Simon's success half way during the development of our own little startup and even though Simon and Ryan are legends of the computer department of sydney uni, i feel that with enough hardwork our little startup can also be successful, how successful ... well i dont know, i guess time will tell.