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Hot Tech Trends - What are the top tech trends in 2011 and what's coming up in 2012? Post your questions for the panelists and share your thoughts about hot tech trends.

  • Nov. 8: Hot Tech Trends - Look Back at 2011 & Ahead at 2012 Panel Discussion DC Capital Week http://dcweek2011.sched.org/event/34e7e305da8809edde1769734f632a98 Click here to RSVP. http://www.meetup.com/net2dc/

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    2011 Mobile Revolution - More people accessing the web on their phones.  What kind of phone are they using?  What kind of plan are they on?  Enslaved in long term contracts by cell phone companies?  I choose to use Pageplus Cellular a little known company that works off Verizon towers.  I switch between plans from $29.95 for 1200 min, 3000 texts, plus data to $44.95 for unlimited talk and text.  No taxes or hidden fees.  I use an unlocked Samsung i760 with a qwerty keyboard, perhaps a little old fashioned, but works for me.  Maybe time to upgrade to another unlocked Verizon compatible phone?  What about the app revolution? Am I being left behind?  I recently started accessing the web using the mini Opera browser, which is much better than Internet Explorer on my phone.  Are websites being created to work with mobile browsers?  They better be because in 2012 even more people will be accessing the web on their phones, not their computers. One thing that amazes me, perplexes me, stuns me sometimes is how people are more connected to their mobile phone than to the people who are around them at the moment or places they are in!  I see more and more people walking around with their heads looking down distracted by their phone.  People are not paying attention to where they are going.  In bars and restaurants I see the mobile glow on peoples' faces.  They are smiling to themselves.  I wonder what they are reading?  They don't listen to the music around them or talk to the people around them.  They are not PRESENT.  Their mind is elsewhere... So what will happen in terms of tech trends in 2012?  Well, I am excited by the idea that I will be in a particular place and geolocation technologies will help me find what I need or connect with people.  Imagine you are at an event and you want to connect with people who care about vegetable gardening, and suddenly five names pop up on your screen and you go over and introduce yourself to these folks.  Or imagine you are in a particular city and suddenly had a craving for masala dosa, suddenly you can see five places near you where they have the best masala dosa (only likely in Jackson Heights or a few other places in the U.S.).  What about finding out about how you can get involved with water issues in your city or issues you care about?  In 2012 I think it will be easier to find and connect more easily using your mobile phone, but the question is will you be present or will your mind be elsewhere?

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Questions for the panel -- I look forward to hearing from them about their experiences in the last year and where they see their areas moving in the next year.  Social media seems to be such a big thing right now -- will its importance continue to grow? Will people start to use Google+?  Right now I experience it as a ghost town. Specifically, I'm interested in how we get people to meet in community groups and gatherings, rather than just staying online at home.  I think in-person meetings build empathy/social engagement in ways that online forums cannot.  How do groups engage people & get them to attend their meetings?  I'm working on this issue for my meditation group and for a local real estate investors group in my hometown. How to get people to see the value of the group meeting for themselves and to show up regularly?  A good website and facebook page are the only worthwhile strategies that come to my mind in today's world and in the next year -- are there others?

Nicolle Singer

I think we have to start thinking about the next digital divide - not that we've solved the classic access problem, but thanks to mobile, we've made amazing progress.  So, what next?  It's about interacting with a whole new crowd of "netizens" if you will, on a scale that will make AOL unleashing its dial-up customers onto the early Internet back in the 90s look like a professional onboarding.  How do we encourage civil discourse, discourage scams and spam, and move from digital access to literacy?  Further, as we get more of the global population on-line and engaged, how do we build social and technical structures around democratized information?

Jon Camfield

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