Well the IT world is paying a lot of attention over the last few days to Google’s release of a web browser called Google Chrome. We here at Wazza.com are no different and have installed it on some of our machines.

As with most things that Google do they have worked hard on simplifying the browsing experience and in my humble opinion have done a good job. For a 1st time beta release Chrome works really well and has no where near the number of bugs that Firefox or even many versions of Internet Explorer experienced during their beta releases.

Of course there will be many critics out there talking up the faults but all in all I think Chrome is an excellent browser and has many more attributes than detriments. The Omnibar is an excellent idea and simplifies the whole searching progress. If Google has its way and Chrome takes off like I am sure they planned many of us on the web will have no real need to go to Google’s homepage any more as all searches will initiate straight from the address bar at top of the page.

Once again hats off to Google for bringing the innovation and ease of use to the browser that they did to web based email with Gmail. I am sure Microsoft will continue their public stance of how superior their new release of IE is but surely if they have any kind of self awareness they must be concerned that Google may be going to at the very least significantly reduce another of there monopolies. It boogles my mind how a company the size and financial resources of Microsoft can continue losing ground to Google but it’s a fact. Something I am sure they are reminded of daily.

Thanks,
Adam

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It is not exactly a profound statement to say business is moving faster than ever before.  In the past revolutions took decades.  Even in the 90’s revolutions like the internet or the mobile phone took 6+ years to hit the mainstream.  Today it is a completely different matter.

Businesses that were just ideas 2 years ago are now outgrowing competitors many years their senior.  Longevity no longer matters.  Just take a look at the Presidential debates and the fact that the main medium the public is using to connect with politicians (namely YouTube) didn’t even exist at the last election.

No longer is business about finding a need and filling it.  Today it is more like anticipate a future need, develop your product, wait a couple years for the market to realize this need and then fill it. 

The interesting thing is that so many of us fail to understand this.  I see businesses everyday throwing literally millions down the drain because all they do is follow the leader.  A new market opportunity opens up, an innovator recognises this, they’re in first and so when the shift towards their product takes place they are ready to seize the moment.  The innovator makes a bundle of money and so everybody else decides they want the same.  Sorry folks but the horse has bolted.

The thing these businesses fail to relize is, the need no longer exists (well not in the same form anyway).  So the sheep lose their money and wait for the next big thing.

Herein lies the problem.  By the time the next big thing is the next big thing it is too late!

Here in Australia there has been a lot of competition entering the market trying to catch the big job boards.  From my point of view this is simply a waste of time.  These leading job boards are backed by huge media empires and are too well entrenched to ever be knocked off their perch.  They have too much money, too many media outlets to feed off and already have the customers.  Monster and Careerbuilder are in similar situations in the US.  No job boards will ever catch them.  For these companies to lose their market share there has to be a change in the game.

The good news is change is automatic.

The good news is change is automatic.  As a competitor we have to remember this and take a step back, see the reality of the situation and understand what is and isn’t happening in the market currently.  Then take this view and compare it with what we think will be in the future.  Somewhere in between is a good starting point.  The market will shift and whoever gets there first will have a big headstart.

So how do we tell whether we are on the right track to being an innovator?  Well I have to be honest and say this I do not know for sure.  I can tell you one thing though and that is “If everybody likes your idea, then it’s not the right idea.”

Thanks for reading
Adam

For all you out there interested in taking charge of your life be sure to check out Craig Harper’s blog.  His post today on ‘Why I hate the Concept of Destiny’ is excellent.

Click here to view Motivational Speaker Craig Harper’s blog.

Thanks
Adam.

I just read something cool on the Jajah Blog.  As practically everyone knows Apple have just released the revolutionary iPhone.  Well while the phone is creating a stir in a good way the strict (and expensive) phone service plans from AT&T are creating a buzz in a less positive way.  Well now there is an alternative.

Jajah also works on the iPhone and will save you a bundle on call costs.  This is from Jajah’s Blog

“JAJAH lets you make ultra-low cost calls directly from your iPhone to virtually any other phone in the world, without needing a Wi-fi connection. Why is this important? The iPhone is one of the most innovative and elegant products ever made. Truly revolutionary. The calling plan that comes with it, on the other hand, is not innovative or elegant. It’s expensive and amazingly, it wont let you call outside the U.S. unless you purchase a special international plan from AT&T. The plan alone will costs you $3.99 U.S. a month and on top of that, a call to London (for example), will then cost you 23 cents a minute. The same call using JAJAH costs only 3 cents a minute and it costs nothing to sign up for the service. An hour call to London on AT&T = $13.80 (ouch). The same call using JAJAH costs $1.80.”

Go to Jajah.com.

Thanks
Adam.

I am a big believer that innovation can’t be bought.  It’s the manifestation of imagination and imagination is the seed of creativity.  It is something that is brought forth from people when they are following their passion.  The Google guys had a passion for the storage and organisation of information. They weren’t trying to get rich, catch up to a competitor or please the guys upstairs. They were simply following their passion to enable us access to all the internets information as quickly as possible. That’s why they were innovators. They were using their imagination to create an information retrieval tool that would change the world. As we know they did a brilliant job of it.

I think Microsoft and their struggles with there Live Search system is a good example that innovation can’t be bought.  Microsoft have all the money in the world and have tried for years to close the gap (more like a canyon really) between themselves and Google in terms of search.  The problem is Microsoft just seem to lack the imagination of those that went before them.

That’s why I have always believed that if anyone ever came to challenge Google’s search supremcy it would not be from either Microsoft or Yahoo.  It would be from someone with the innovation to change the way search works.  Google did it with their famous algorithm and Adwords down the right hand side.  Maybe (and this is still a big maybe) ASK 3D might be the innovation the search industry (outside of Google) has lacked.  What Firefox did with the browser ASK 3D is beginning to do with search. 

While the simplicity of their search page is a little Googlesque, its the results page where the advancements can be seen.  This is where the 3D part of the search results comes in.  The search results page is split into 3 columns.  If you do a search for say Michael Jordan (click the link left and see for yourself) not only do you receive the search results to this query but to the left and the right of the search results ASK has added a column that features additional enhancements.  These additonal features are Narrow Search, Expand Search, Related Names to search, Image results, Wikipedia results, Video results and even the latest news results (similar to what Google offers at the top of there search results page).

You can all make up your own mind and time will tell how well these additional features fare but for my thinking ASK have defintely made a big step in the right direction.  There innovative search defintely has created a bit of a stir with rumours that Google themselves are testing a similar system.

While unlike Microsoft with IE6 Google has always been working on there search system sometimes what is needed for real prgression is fresh eyes and a little imagination.  As stated Firefox gave life to the web browser and hopefully ASK 3D will do it for search.  My only hope is that if Google do release a similar system that ASK still get the recognition and users it deserves.  This though is another matter entirely.

Thanks
Adam.