I truly enjoy Robert’s perspective on Technology and Social Media, not too mention he is fun to follow on FriendFeed & Twitter too. Robert is very helpful if you approach him the right way, I find him to be respectful, approachable, a solid resource and entertaining. In May of this year (2009) Robert Scoble posted an article on his Blog called Exploring The 2010 Web, he covers a number of points on what the 2010 Web is and or is going to be.

Here are the Attributes he listed for us,

Web 2010

1.) It’s Real-Time

2.) It’s Mobile

3.) It’s decentralized

4.) Pages now built out of pre-made blocks.

5.) It’s Social

6.) It’s Smart

7.) Hybrid Infrastructure

I linked to his article above so you can read his definitions in more detail.

Now I agree with Robert’s list for the most part with some additions, I know he knows what I’m adding is coming and he probably will be one of the first (early adopter’s) to play with the new toys. This is not an exhaustive list but you’ll get the picture of our where we are headed.

Here are my additions and I like to call,

Web 2012

1.) In 2012 you will be able to buy off the shelf a computer (device) that can compute faster than the human brain.

2.) Virtual Reality is where we will spend our leisure time

3.) We will not use keyboards, voice recognition will be our method of instructing our device’s what to do

4.) Tower’s will cease production

5.) Laptop production will be vastly reduced

6.) Wireless devices will be integrated into eye care (Glasses and Contact Lenses)

7.) iPHONE’S & BlackBerry type devices will also be greatly reduced in size

When it’s all said and done, you merge these two lists and you have considerable change ahead of us. We are entering an era where Nanotechnology and Virtual Reality will make exponential strides in development and growth, unlike anything we have ever seen. How we communicate will continue to change, communities will continue to grow as we the people take back big business.

I wonder what else might take place in the next 2 – 5 years?