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For me it was a Facebook style photo sharing system (2001 - before Friendster and years before Myspace or Facebook). I worked on it full time and turned the co
by waivej 16y ago
For me it was a Facebook style photo sharing system (2001 - before Friendster and years before Myspace or Facebook). I worked on it full time and turned the code into a CMS to make ends meet.
Though, there are lots of "waves" of technology/change in the market. When they line up you get great opportunities. Napster hit when computers were fast enough to decode mp3 files and people had broadband at home. The key is seeing them with enough lead time and fortitude to paddle and be in the right spot when they hit.
Personally, I want to know what new waves will line up in 3 years.
- jdminhbg 16y agoActually, I think Napster hit when college students had PCs (and ethernet) in their dorms. Kazaa hit when broadband started to get popular. Good point, though.
- waivej 16y agoThat's great. You've changed the way I think about that. Napster was peeking in 2001 and I was incredibly inspired by the platform. As a photo geek with broadband (for 3-4 years by then) I figured it was a perfect fit...until I realized that my target market (grandparents, parents, siblings) mostly had dial-up. It really caught me off guard. I'll start looking for waves that hit specific groups with certain attitudes/goals. For example, the "selfish elites with ipads" rather than just "ipad owners".