Here's a neat summary of trends in 2009 from the ever reliable Trendwatching.com
http://trendwatching.com/briefing/ [1]
1. Foreverism - 'never say never"
2. Innovation Jubilation - practical, efficient and responsible, YES!
3. Sellsumers -saving is the new spending, selling is the new saving
4. Eco-Bounty - future profits will be green
5. Generation G - for Generous
6. Nichetributes, Luxyoury, Feedback 3.0, eConcierge, Mapmania and Happy Ending - pick one to devote your passion to so you can profit
I just love Jubilation Innovation, don't you? Much better than Recession Depression donchathink?
I'm shifting my writing over to twitter at meilinfung and it updates at my other blog www.meilinfung.blogspot.com [2] so check me out over there.
I'll be at the Community Leadership Summit in San Jose on Saturday afternoon July 18th, so if you see me, come and say hi. I still look like my picture :-)
Take care!