2010...here we go!

Wait...is it 'two thousand ten' or 'twenty ten'?

The second decade of the 21st century brings with itself lots of hope and excitement and for me it's nothing short of living in the future, as I remember myself telling my friends in high school in Y2K, that we'll have so so many advanced things happening by 2010. May be I had no idea about laptops, mobile phones and I had just heard about Apple and Google from an online tech article never knew these names would shape my life entirely and guide me to a world of knowledge and information far beyond imagination.

And how can I forget Wikipedia, the biggest non-profit concept I can think of providing quick trustworthy information at my fingertips, what would I do without a 'wiki' today (from the Hawaiian word 'wiki', meaning "quick"). And finally, Salesforce.com - a name I had just heard of a decade back and my job now depends on it ('Cloud Computing' to be precise).

The last year was no exception, despite incredibly tough economic conditions, the tech industry delivered new and bold technology innovations, some of which are now integral part of my existence. Overall, this was the year when online social media sky-rocketted.

Following are few of the events which I consider really worthy of mention due to their importance to me:

- Apple's launch of iPhone 3G S
- Escalation of Google-Microsoft rivalry
- Launch of Open Source Google Chrome OS
- Launch of Windows 7 with Aero, Shake, Peek, Snap, Jump Lists
- Launch of Kindle 2 by Amazon and Barnes & Noble's Nook - I'm still looking forward to a coloured Ebook reader from both these Corps.
- Bing Search Engine gaining 10 percent of the search market by the end of the year
- Launch of the first 'All Aluminium iMac'
- Launch of Netbooks by Nokia, Samsung and others
- Launch of IE8
- More than a billion app downloads
- Smart Phones became smarter making social life much more simpler
- Online Gaming going mobile, big-time
- Exponential growth of Twitter and Facebook
- Susan Boyle's amazing rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream"
- Recovery of Global Economy
- The word 'Namaste' gaining huge popularity in search engines
- Indian General Election for the 15th Lok Sabha being the largest democratic election in the world to date with 714 million voters casting their vote.
- Commercial launch of Android

Following are few of the events which I consider really worthy of mention for their lack of importance to me, as I thought these could've happened in a much better manner or not happened at all:

- Slumdog Millionaire (8 Oscars)
- Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize
- Tiger Woods' fall from grace
- Michael Jackson's death
- Compenhagen Summit
- Pandemic H1N1 (Swine Flu)
- 'affect' being the most searched word in online dictionaries (When to use affect vs. effect is still the biggest puzzle for English speakers)
- Telangana Issue
- The end of scooter manufacturing in India

And in 2010 I expect a lot to happen, my small wishlist being:

- Google OS netbooks
- OLED TVs - Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology is poised to oust LCD just as LCD stuck the knife into the CRT.
- Products based on Wireless electricity
- Cloud Computing being offered for personal use
- 4G (LTE) and Wimax technologies being implemented by all carriers
- Successful 2010 Commonwealth Games hosted by India, the largest multi-sport event in India

I may have been a bit more technology oriented in this blog but that's not something very much unexpected from a technocrat like me.

I'm sure that this decade would witness decisions that will change the way of existence of the human race. Have a safe, fun-filled and prosperous 2010, 'two thousand ten' or 'twenty ten' whichever suits you the most :)