I was thinking. Jeez, the web mostly sucks. I can count on only one hand the websites that I enjoy and visit regularly. So, what’s the big deal. Where’s the fun (gone)? Where is the innovation of the web?

Well, the Internet is hard, I can say that from experience. Making a website, keeping it up to date is hard. Time and effort is involved in making a website and most people don’t have the time out of their ordinary lives to apply and most people can’t be bothered to put in the effort that is required. But everyone still want’s a website, which is the basis behind the success of sites like MySpace. It’s easy and no effort is involved really, click and go and you’re done. Which is why I hate the concept.

I also hate the concept because websites like MySpace, Yahoo and others can afford to employ people to be innovative. They own their growth. (If that makes sense). They can afford to grow the market and grow themselves. But that’s the problem right there, they can grow themselves. They become huge companies because they can afford innovation but at the same time they destroy innovation. Firstly they buy small, innovative companies with irresistible offers – they buy the creativity at its source and secondly, they become so massive that any normal, small, innovative company can’t compete.

Having no competition is really unhealthy for a market, and basically the consumer, you guys, get screwed – big time. With no competition, companies don’t have to do anything special or unique they just sit and wait to copy what the other big guy did (a la Microsoft, Yahoo and Google). It’s one giant stagnating pool filled with green. Also, if these companies did charge, which luckily they don’t, they could charge whatever they liked. And that sucks.

But Google’s innovative you say.

My arse Google is innovative. A calendar, email and a word processor, my god, I am stunned by the innovation and forward thinking giant. Nothing Google does is innovative, it’s the same thing you already have, but different.

Personally, I hate Google too. I hate Google more than Yahoo.

For ages I’ve been thinking “why, why do I want to do that? I can do it in the real world, I don’t want to do it online.” I don’t want to have my calendar online, I have it on my desktop and written down by hand if I want. I mean who put their exams on Google calendar? No? Funny, did you handwrite a list? Yeah, me too. The Internet needs something that we can’t do already, it needs something that we can’t do in the real world, something that hasn’t been invented and isn’t a reinvention. IM and Email too, they’re both like talking and letters, maybe more efficient but there’s nothing drastically new or cool.

The Internet needs a mindful, intelligent and new thing – maybe even something that isn’t the Internet, something completely new. Who knows?

Too bad I’m not creative.