A Perspective on Entrepreneurship, Technology & Locative Dynamics

I was kind of surprised as I read in one of Google’s blogs that they will give seed investment to someone who creates a business based on Google Gadgets. Why surprised? Creating a business based on a gadget or widget or eye candy or screenlet or however you want to call it? Seems not like a rock solid business idea but it makes it obvious that the user base is tremendous and reaches the millions. With such an amount of potential customers small ideas can become pretty valuable. Can gadgets be so powerful and exciting that someone is willing to pay money for it? Creating a gadget is pretty easy for everyone who knows how to build a web application thanks to JavaScript and HTML.
What about Facebook’s new opened platform and the variety of third-party applications? It seems like a similar situation where you can theoretically target a broad audience with millions of user. The question is if it is possible to earn enough money for a sustainable business with a carpooling or to-do-list application, for example. Most of the applications are of promotional nature for third-party web sites like flickr or YouTube. The advantages that come with a high user acceptance are obvious, of course.

And there is also the MySpace add-on universe and LinkedIn which is planning to open up its platform, too. A lot of opportunities to create something on top of these platforms and see if it will pay off. So, start building your gadgets!

Ok, there must always be a first post. I decided to create this blog to write about some more or less interesting stories and thoughts about topics I care about. So, expect readings about web development, information technology, entrepreneurship, Ruby on Rails or anything else. If you have some feedback just e-mail me or add some comments.

First of all, thanks to all Wordpress developers. This publishing software is a great product. Easy installation, nice user interface and extendable with hundreds or thousands of plug-ins and themes. It is not the technology anymore that could stop you from installing your first blog, customizing it, and start writing. If anyone has some recommendations for useful Wordpress plug-ins just drop me a line. Happy blogging, Cornelius.