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FW: A question on what the 'future web will resemble'

Some time ago I, and several other colleagues, was asked by my managing director if I could help out answering what the "Future Web Will Resemble". The following was my email reply to him, but I think it holds up as a blog post as well. I have expanded/clarified it slightly and also corrected obvious spelling mistakes or punctuation.

For me personally: I think the future of the web will be more geared towards offline, only managed online, so these are some that pop up in my head right now. First the ingredients:

Facebook novelty wears off

There is already talks about "Facebook adaption rate in UK dropping off" and similar for most online social networking sites. Facebook suicides are common, I have several friends who have killed their Facebook profiles. In short, after the first "love" has died out with social networking people start to think sites like Facebook actually drain more energy than it gives. Besides, deleting apps you never wanted sent by "friends" that you have lost touch with (probably for a reason), isn't all that it's cracked up to be.

Non-instrusive services and "communities" gain better foothold

In the backlash of Facebook, enter services like Flickr, Upcoming, Dopplr and Twitter. They ask nothing of you. They…

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• Finding this branding exercise quite amusing...or sad, not sure which. #
• I just love this photo set on Flickr of "Food that takes the shape of its container". :) #
• Guru bloggers Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky combine forces into podcasts, apparently initiated by hatred towards Experts Exchange. Will be interesting to see what they come up with. #
• Today's iPhone Users are Young, Rich, and Technically Savvy they say over at readwriteweb.com in this article. #
• Seeing as I hate Powerpoint this new service looks really promising:SlideRocket - Create, Manage, and Share Presentations on the Web #