Whilst the world is flattening and we think globally but act locally, most web 2.0 developments that I read about daily are not automatically available in Australia.

Therefore when an Australian application captures USA attention, the question is whether it will be developed locally or whether it will move to Silicon Valley: all Australian eyes will be watching Omnidrive and wishing it success.

Another aspect of thinking local is taking an overseas application not available here and developing a local version: an Australian blog search engine is to be released shortly.

UPDATE: Here’s a post about internet calendar/diary service Remember The Milk not being able to send SMS messages in Australia (make sure you read the comments!)