ACMA — Top six trends in communications technology
ACMA, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, has published a detail report entitled “Top Six Trends in Communications and Media Technologies, Applications and Services — Possible Implications”.
Section 5, “Web-based services and the emerging ‘social web’” focusses on where these technologies might be headed. What’s interesting is that their predictions for the next 5 years roughly approximate to what folks like those who attend our conferences are doing right now. Which goes to reinforce an adage I not infrequently use, “if you want to know what you’ll be doing in 3 years, look at what the geeks are doing now”.
I also see that ACMA primarily see the result as an issue for regulation, rather than an opportunity for enhanced communication capability.
Hmm, 2.6 Mesh Networks.
They even mention SydneyFreeNet by name…
… which has its roots at Web Directions South 2007, I might add!
Taking over the world by stealth!
So if the average joe will be doing that we are doing now in five years, what will we be doing, that’s what I ask! :)
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