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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

(PS.there are various companies in this article I have or have had business involvements with. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. What's the business model? Reader beware.). Open Government.

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Top 5 Great Apps in 2010 - Great Companies in 2011?

Seeing Both Sides

Will they build sustainable business models? Beautiful graphics and layout characterize this app, but what makes it brilliant in my opinion is they way it turns Twitter and Facebook into curated content channels. The long-term business model isn't immediate and obvious to me yet, but perhaps it will emerge in 2011.

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Changing my mind about blogging

This is going to be BIG.

When I started in early 2004, very few people were blogging--and then I watched blogging take off. Sure, you could be a curator like Laughing Squid or Swiss Miss , but it''s still up to you to find all these great sources. I gave her the following reasons: When you come up with a structure that isn''t just writing, curation is easier.

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