Inflatable Networks

Just blue sky thinking about the next big breakthrough in the world of social / professional networking. The rate and direction of evolution appears to be in the hands of the big three maybe four. That fact in and off itself is a bit stifling to innovation. Where is the competition that will drive the next relentless rounds of  productivity ?

I believe  Google + and Salesforce.com are providing us a glimpse of how new networks will spawn.  I also believe they have the potential to arise quickly. Large web services / SaaS organizations and even Internet service providers have an enormous number of the elements (exo-skeleton) required to build a social or professional network. It’s about the user data, large numbers of contacts, titles, companies with long histories of emails with to and from (relationship potential) data.  These networks could potentially be “inflated” quickly.

The real challenge is in creating a virtuous equilibrium of benefits for all the members of the network. This is the only way to sustainability. How is Laslow connected to these networks ?