Koo’s Corner

I don’t really read books. I don’t really know that many people who do. Often I will read about books online, to learn more about them, but alas nothing warranted a purchase and more importantly the commitment.

But crack of dawn tomorrow (11:30 am, its my only week off in years) I am heading over to Barnes and Nobles or Borders (whichever one it is at the Pruneyard) to buy the book below.

I was a local but generally uninterested witness to the dot com bubble bursting 8 years ago. At the time I was preoccupied  about getting into college, getting a fake ID, and staying 2 steps ahead of my parents.

Since my graduation, I have been lucky enough to jump onto 2 emerging technology trends (Open Source, and now Web 2.0 with my new job)

Web 2.0 has quickly become a personal interest of mine and is something I have spent a lot of time on the side learning about. While I understand much of the skepticism behind the blossoming trend (many think its another Silicon Valley bubble), I truly feel the entire Silicon Valley eco system has taken heed to the bad practices of the late nineties.

I believe we’ll avoid something like this hilarious video below

Investors are VC’s are more shrewd, CEO’s and founders are more patient and less vain, the analyst and tech media  communities are more grounded, and the general enthusiasm is not a fevered pitch.

I think Web 2.0 is just the beginning of more great things to come. This time around the expectation levels are accurate and the business models are solid. If I didn’t think so, I wouldn’t be changing jobs!