Review of the Year 2009 and Trends Watch—Part 1 , by Paula Hane, Newsbreaks (Jan 4)
Paula Hane reviews 2009 in Part 1 and makes some predictions for 2010 in Part 2.
Looking back - "Last year I speculated that 2009 would be the year of the new frugality. It looks like that did happen. Other trends I mentioned that have carried through the year include increased interest in the mobile web, enterprise social networking, open source solutions, book digitization, ebook readers, etc. In fact, the trends I said I'd be watching in 2009 have all proven to be important drivers during the year."
Others that are sure to continue into the next year or two.
+ changes in content distribution: newspapers in trouble, more ebook distribution and new ebook devices.
+ cloud computing - "No. 1 on Gartner's list of the Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2010"
+ "The good enough revolution" - "we're now focused on three things: ease of use, continuous availability, and low price."
+ information overload - not new but may be getting worse. Recommends reading AIIM's 8 Reasons You Need a Strategy to Manage Information-Before It's Too Late that argues for the strategic imperative to manage information effectively.
Review of the Year 2009 and Trends Watch—Part 2 (Jan 7)
Facebook, Twitter, real-time search, other socially related topics, and mobile are some of the trends. Especially watch Google Wave.
Links to other forward looking articles on content and information technology.
Add to your reading list Seth Godin's ebook - What Happens Now - ebook, 82 pages.
Posted by Gwen at January 17, 2010 02:19 PM