Will it be Second Life that drives us into something as simple and exciting as uploading videos instantly on YouTube or creating a quick and simple profile on Facebook? Highly unlikely. Whatever comes out in the future seems to need to be synched with pop-culture hardware. Between digital cameras and mobile device, there seems to be a surplus of web companies wanting to store and upload data into this market. The question really becomes, what else can we do with the speed of produced transistors besides an iPhone?

The platform is aging and it’s usefulness is beginning to fade. Initially it had a twitter like quality which kept you updated on all your friends, but as the post college life folks seem to update less and less and put up information that isn’t very pertinent it’s not as much fun to check up on your buddies. I’m astounded by the “professional” market trying to get on there. I don’t want to converse with my boss on facebook. Not when I have the graffiti application and a worry that my college buddies are going to draw something possibly phallic. Having made a facebook application, I’ve gotta say that the apps themselve are interesting to make and watch them grow but the real ability to bring back useful traffic from facebook to your own site is difficult. You almost end up in a iLike scenario where you have two distinct userbases. And no crossover. Then there’s the added worry that what if Facebook begins to impose new rules which means they get a cut of your advertising profits?

I’m bored with myspace and facebook. I’m curious to see when adobe Air like technologies mature and what sort of applications come out of the woodwork from the adventurous coders.