On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Michuki Mwangi
<michuki.mwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
@James,
On 7/11/11 8:05 PM, James Karanja wrote:
>
> @Michuki, I am supporting you on this.
Thank you!.
> * Serious marketing of data centers as an investment; we have so
> many old rich Kenyans investing in property and this could be a
> new venture for them
>
This last point is what am trying to say - "Internet Real Estate!".
Its all about looking into the future.
After 14 years of Internet experience, i can pretty much predict what my
top 5 activities on the Internet will be in 5 - 10 years time.
1) Communication & Research (read Work) - Email, chat, social
networking, wikipedia, vendor, stuff, etc. Its 90% of my time now and
can predict its likely to keep growing.
2) Entertainment - Most likely my movies, tv etc will come from an
online service. Movie tickets, etc.
3) Shopping - too many malls, too many shops am Kenyan, i like it cheap
and not enough time to go shopping around for the cheapest deals. So 50%
off and such stuff online will get my attention. For now i have to make
do with "Gitonga" who is my long time contact and supposedly gets me
good deals.
4) Govt - From paying taxes, Driver license renewals, etc list is
endless. If they get it right this would be my number 2 or 3 and thats a
high rank.
5) Maps and directions - i realised with all the new road constructions,
new buildings coming up - i will need a map to locate places in the
coming days.
So as my dependence on the above will grow - right now only 1 above is
90% of my time. Then the need for that real-estate will only increase.
Hosting externally will not be efficient.