The more and more I am learning about social media, the more I am realizing that now is the perfect time for all of this to come to a head.  Every time that there is a recession or depression in the economy there has been a great change in who has the money.  With the current recession business are struggling to come out on top of all the job losses, decreases in orders and bankruptcies.  At the same time people are becoming more and more informed and the world is becoming more and more connected.  More countries are also joining in and the days of national economies are going away and being replaced by a world economy.  Now is the time for companies, old and new to embrace social media.

I feel as the social media trend continues with the development of web 2.0 software we will see a decrease in regular TV watching as more and more turn to the web for films, sports, news and sitcoms.  Traditional phone lines will disappear and be replaced by live video streaming and cell phones. People will buy more and more on-line and through on-line media sharing. Technology will begin to jump drastically as more and more knowledge sharing of statistics and innovation are opened and collaboration is made across places where there once were boundaries.  Social media encourages synergy.  Ideas I get are stimulated by others thoughts.  It is truly changing the world and I want to be a part of it.