Someone is planning to sell this for Rs 18500 … I am wondering … if I should …
Amazon.com: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras: Camera & Photo
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Quoting from O’Reilly Radar
The other day, I was explaining to a reporter how I could be lumping in cellphones and the next generation of sensor networks into Web 2.0. “Well, Web 2.0 is really not just about the web. It’s really about the next generation of internet applications, and includes things like P2P file sharing and VoIP, which aren’t based on the web at all
This is cool, I never really looked at this way, but truth to tell, I think this is perfect. It would painting an incomplete picture if we were to ignore the significance of P2P networks (more specifically BitTorrent) and VoIP (more specifically Skype) on the evolution of the Internet. I have come across various estimates that put the P2P traffic of various kinds as accounting for about 40 % of the data transfered on various pipes on the net today (the number is from my memory and not quoted from any specific source)
Further, one should also consider the impact of Mobile devices – the likes of Sony’s PlayStation Portable, their upcoming Sony Mylo, Apple’s iPod, Nokia / O2’s Mobile Phones, Wi-Fi enabled Digital Cameras etc etc. All of these, are changing the way we use the internet in significant ways
It is perhaps a bit unfair to therefore call this revolution (with creative license) that we are seeing as Web 2.0. Perhaps, a better term is Net 2.0
O’Reilly Radar > Round 2: The Internet As Network of Networks
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I have to confess that I couldnt catch any of the English Premier League matches yesterday (well, actually, I did catch about 20 minutes of the Bolton Vs Tottenham Hotspurs match and am now watching the recording of the Aresenal Vs Aston Villa match), but one thing I can say for sure is that it did throw up the most unexpected of results
Villa drawing Arsenal and that too thanks to a late goal from Gilberto Silva was not on the plan, nor did I expect Liverpool to draw against Sheffield United. On Arsenal, looks like they are gelling well at the start of the season. I see a lot of moves being knit and woven together in the midfiled thanks to Gilberto Silva and Fabregas … Henry doing his usual thing in the box. I like what I see, but dont quite know how much they would miss Ashley Cole
The Chelsea folks for sure are going to be smiling at the results on day 1
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Under normal circumstances, classic thought would say that any startup competing with Google in one or more of its large array of services is more or less doomed to fail, because Google with its obvious power over the Internet and its ability to string the services together (hmmm, well atleast linking each of them together), would any day be able to attract more users than the small startup
But, no … not necessarily …
No. Don’t run, don’t hide. Be different. You can’t outdo Google by trying to match them point-by-point, but you don’t have to. There are other, better ways to fight. Compete differently
An excellent point being made by one of the 37 Signals folks. He goes on to add that Backpack launched their calendar and made it part of a paid service and amazingly enough the paid subscriptions to Backpack actually showed a growth
The problem plaguing many of these cool, AJAX’ified, Invite only, Beta for the forseeable future start-ups is that they folks dont have a revenue model … well, atleast none that can impress. Now, I for one, am not kicked about the prospect of monetising traffic using Google AdSense as a revenue model. What service would make money if its only way of making money is by sending users out of its site ! Beats me … and still there are a few out there who are planning to do this … god save them … for them, Kiko is just the beginning
Take the example of Flickr, these folks had a revenue model from day one and to me have everything that a Web 2.0 darling should have. Awesome community, user experience yadda yadda yadda and then on the other hand, take YouTube. Great community, features etc etc … yup – for sure. But, where’s the money going to come in from ? Apparently they spend 1 mn $ every month on Bandwidth … woo ! God save em ! I tell you now … watch out for the the next big eBay auction … and blame Google Video for that 
Google does not render resistance futile – Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
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