I was having coffee with a good friend of mine this morning. “Mike”, a fellow digital citizen, who happens to be a venture capitalist these days. We were chatting about convergence and I was pitching and preaching about the endless opportunities current start ups encounter. The industry was never more inviting to new ideas and initiatives, and I was enthusiastic about the different angles of cross platform personal content sharing. As the conversation heated, we started brainstorming about one particular idea that, who knows, may actually hold water. Slowly but surely, I started noticing Mike’s face going gray. My confidence was beginning to erode, but I was still running hard. Mike, on the other hand, was going quieter and started drifting into his own zone. Finally, I couldn’t hold it back anymore and asked him what the hell was going on. He was silent for a sad, long moment, and then quietly uttered:

“This idea is actually good; Google will do it, what happens when they do?”

Ugh!

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The recent Bonne-Tonne in our web 2.0 sphere is “Social”. Everything is social these days – social messaging, social sharing, social networking, social VC funding, social exits, social takeovers….Web 2.0 entrepreneurs must check the “Social” checkbox. Confused web 2.0 users chase one social service after the other. Really interesting and worth some investigating, or shall I say “Kerry Bradsawhing”:

Does Social Networking Promote Solitude? (more…)