Businessweek just released The 25 Most Influential People on the Web for 2008. This list is generated every year when businessweek asks its readers and staff members to contribute to the survey by naming the people who they think are most influential on the web.

Here goes the list…
The Seeker: Steve Ballmer, microsoft.com
The Marshall: Mitchell Baker, mozilla.org
The Innovator: Jeff Bezos, amazon.com
The Searchers: Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt
The Investor: Jeff Clavier, softtechvc.com
The Papa Bear: Paul Graham, ycombinator.com
The Muckracker: Arianna Huffington , huffingtonpost.com
The Adviser: Joi Ito, joi.ito.com
The Mastermind: Steve Jobs, apple.com
The Filmer: Jonathan Kaplan, theflip.com
The Communicator: Loic Le Meur, leweb3.com, seismic.com
The Trader: Jack Ma, alibaba.com
The Publisher: Matt Mullenweg, Wordpress.org
The Mogul: Rupert Murdoch, myspace.com
The community Organizer: Craig Newmark, craigslist.com
The Traffic Driver: Gabe Rivera, techmeme.com
The Poster Boy: Kevin Rose, Digg.com
The Adult: Sheryl Sandberg, facebook.com
The Edutainer: Jon Stewart, thedailyshow.com
The Money Man: Peter Thiel, Clariumcapital.com
The Crafter: Maria Thomas, etsy.com
The Advocate: Anssi Vanjoki, nokia.com
The Crowd Sourcer: Jimmy Wales, Wikia-inc.com/wiki/wikia
The Blogger: Evan Williams, Twitter.com
The Fighter: Jerry Yang, Yahoo.com

Surprisingly a few names like Michael Arlington, Mark Zuckerberg, etc are missing on the list! Not Influntial anymore?

Interview with Soma Shekar, Corporate VP Microsoft

திரு.சோமசேகர் 1989 ஆம் ஆண்டு முதல் மைக்ரோ சாஃப்ட் நிறுவனத்தில் பணிபுரிந்தவர். இவர் ஒரு நாடக நடிகர், விமர்சகர், என பல பரிமாணங்களில் பிரகாசிக்கும் திரு.சோமசேகர் அவர்களுடன் உரையாடல்.

Mr.Soma Shekar is working with Microsoft since 1989. He is also a Drama Actor and he has other cultural faces. This interview was given by him to Tamil FM Radio. He talks about India, his work like @ Microsoft, about Bill Gates, Current B.E IT/CSE Field, Watching cinema, Drama experience in New York, his wife Akila, T.Nagar life, Tamil Cinema, Humanity, his Father, Time Management