My dream

I've been thinking if there are ways that people around the world can be connected without using SNS. However, I havent got to the solution.

It is hard to be connected with someone far away without using internet.

I want to own a business one day that has something to do with connecting people.

I came to the U.S. when I was 15. I met so many people from so many backgrounds. However, some my friends back home have never seen the world other than my home city and few cities in Japan. I wish they could meet with people outside of our city and experience things. But using SNS isnt nothing new and isnt interesting anymore. so I want to find ways without using internet or SNS.

This would be my life time question and am hoping to find ways someday.....

Business and SNS

Online article talked about SNS and Business coming together: http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10880936

Companies are hoping SNS to become a bigger force in online advertising. Everybody agrees that is the next big thing. A decade ago, Microsoft bought Hotmail—the firm that established web-based e-mail as a must-have service for internet users. This May it was AOL, a struggling web portal that is part of Time Warner bought Bebo, a small but up-and-coming online social network. However, I have a feeling this will be another feeling as partnering up with Time Warner for AOL...

Facebook, now allied to Microsoft, has fared worse. Its grand attempt to redefine the advertising industry by pioneering a new approach to social marketing, called Beacon, failed completely.

The article says
"Social networking may end up being everywhere, and yet nowhere."

I feel this is just a beginning and companies are trying out new thing and getting used to the new tool. Once they adapt, SNS will become their strong partner