Getting in before it's big

I was reading the Boston Phoneix a few minutes ago, which this weeks cover story is about how MySpace has become a virtual graveyard when it occured to me... that I'm always getting into something before it comes big.

This blog was created in June 2003, before then blogs were just websites that people talked on, then when the 2004 election rolled around, it hit the big time, which was around the time my blog was turning one year old. The "blogosphere" was getting bigger in 2005 even more with it's random expose of scandals and the like. (On a side comment, it feels strange that 2005 went by so fast because it still feels like it was like an extended part of 2004, until Katrina hit, most because it seemed to be a boring year until around the summer.)

Then there's MySpace. I joined MySpace in Janurary 2005 when it pretty damn huge by then, but still hadn't been bought by News Corporation and then I didn't do much with it, I just let it stagnate until I started using. Then along comes Feburary 2006, when MySpace recieves media attention (even on the Daily Show's Trendspotting segment covered it (along with a poke at emo music).

Then there's Wikipedia, I started using Wikipedia around the same time I started using Blogger, at least, according to my contributions list, and just like MySpace has started getting media attention, most of it, though, negative. Plus, they've just passed their 1 millionth article mark.

I also use flickr alot, it's big and is owned by Yahoo now but hasn't gotten media attention, not in the sense with stories about hidden caches of kiddie porn, but because it usually has millions of photographs of breaking news events and knowing the news media they'd drool over getting footage anywhere they can for almost free, so who knows.. Flickr next big thing?

Only time will tell. But it's just weird.

I told my dad about this and he said "That's good, see if you can try and make money of it." That is.. a good idea.

Finally, see how many articles I've written for the Phoneix here. As you can see, none yet. ;)

Also, BC lost damn it. Well, so much for my bracket.