Where are we going?

In the new world of web apps and APIs, skilled developers are now able to build and launch new products in very little time. This has advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages:

• Gaps in the market are quickly closing and user needs are being met
• Low cost implementations can quickly scale and generate a massive audience
  

Disadvantages:

• Closing the gaps of today ignores the big questions of the needs of tomorrow. We have some great engineering minds who are building on the platforms of today without considering what the platforms of tomorrow will be.

Every great idea/platform that exists today was far ahead of his time. It sounded a little crazy. It was different and it predicted a future need based on changes in our behavior and the world around us. This is the lens with which I am approaching my two side projects. The first, Just Us, is much more defined in scope so I can share a little bit on that.

My thesis is that in this world of social media/sharing, there will come a point where relevance and intimacy will matter more and that the 1-to-1 connection will be stressed over the 1-to-many. I developed this concept when I moved far from my girlfriend in the fall, seeing enormous potential in the tools of social media for sharing without the benefit of privacy and the ability to emphasize emotional connections.