I am a physician from India who has been following the technology industry for the past 4 years. Users are gradually moving from desktop applications to internet rich applications. Web 2.0 sites are on the rise. Blogging has reached phenomenal heights.
2003:
1. I browsed from internet cafés on slow dial up connections.
2. My net usage was 20 hours per week.
3. I never heard the words “Blog”, “Digg” and “You tube”.
4. My primary email was Yahoo and secondary one was Hotmail.
5. Primary search engine was Google.
6. I spent 40% of my browsing time on Yahoo, 15% on Google, 15% on MSN networks.
7. Email took about 40% of my net usage.
8. Microsoft was a giant at that time.
9. E Donkey was my major P2P application.10. Internet explorer was my major browser.
2007:
1. I am surfing internet from my home on broad band connection.
2. My net usage is 100 hours per week.
3. I am maintaining 24 blogs and 1 website. Digg is my primary source for technology news.4. My primary email is Gmail. Yahoo mail is my secondary one.
4. Primary search engine is Google.
5. I am spending 40% of my surfing time on Google, 40% on web 2.0 sites and 10% on Yahoo and MSN networks.
6. Blogging accounts for 40% of my browsing time.
7. Google is ruling the internet world.
8. Bit comet (Torrents) is the main P2P application.10. Firefox and Maxthon are my main browsers.
