Michael Arrington - Tech & Venture Capital - Passing Us Up

If you ask the normal consumer the first websites that come to mind when you say the word "internet", they'll normally shout out "yahoo, google, myspace, youtube, facebook, ebay, etc". If you're doing an interview of a new candidate, you're reviewing their resume and it shows "computer experience" as "word, excel, outlook, etc". Unfortunately for the normal consumer and the corporate executive, technology is passing them by. It's flying so fast, they don't even see it. Enter Mr Michael Arrington, the spokesman for the "Internet" form of business.

As the center point of anything internet business related, Michael Arrington is watched by many eyes, since he is the communicator between the internet businesses and us. He's the man to tell you what to watch for when something new pops up online that has a possible future. If you want to figure out for yourself which will be the next hot thing, simply visit his popular website, TechCrunch. For the rest of the public, how does all this new technology benefit "us"?

 Right now, although we're entering a minor recession, tech companies are being thrown lots of cash in venture capital, as investors hope to invest in the next big thing. For consumers, there are new things like Seemic, that allow you to leave comments on websites with video using Disqus. You can instantly stream video from your cellphone to a website called Qik, then post it to your website, blog, or favorite social website within minutes. For businesses, there is TextFlow to help several users create documents together; Scribd that allows you to publish your PDF files [documents like brochures, books, articles, magazines, etc] in a simple widget that anyone can view on a simple web page.

 Unfortunately Michael Arrington and hundreds of up and coming tech companies haven't figured out how to truly convey the benefits to consumers and how to teach the consumers to use the new technology. Thankfully with history, our children will quickly learn as the parents are too stubborn to change.It will happen, there will be change, but at a slug's pace unless people and businesses learn what is being offered to them.