This diagram is terrific in its simplicity. I have tried this a few different ways, but I will stick with this example for a while I think. It describes the next generation internet, and its useful in times of turbulence such as we are experiencing, to note where the likes of FaceBook fit [lower right]. Lower right is getting all the current attention, but its just one, relatively simple stepping stone.

Thanks to http://tuscher-petersblogg.blogspot.com/2007/05/metaweb.html

Relevance to Bankwatch:
Watch for Google, Yahoo, and another(s) yet to be determined, to pull us into the upper right. The key unknown is actually the upper left. That area is what will actually pull us into the optimal state, and yet that is the least understood, and least developed area. If I were a VC, I would forget lower right … upper left is where it is at. In our space, I place Wesabe as very early generation upper left. I would also place Microformats as early gen upper left.

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