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A lot of people have speculated on where the internet might be going. I have my own ideas. I’d like to put them in this blogpost so that I can say “I told you so!” in some future time.

I have 3 CORE ideas:

-1) Semantic Web

-2) Enriching local communities

-3) Standard API to connect any hardware to the internet.

So, let’s start:

Semantic Web:

A semantic web, is a web that can disambiguate between meanings of words and know precisely what you want from it. It is “intelligent” so to speak. When I ask Google a question, it should give me a straightforward answer instead of returning search results.

Why will this happen?

Computers have always served us, and will continue to do so (at least we would hope so). It is only a matter of time before the web will know who we are, where we come from and what we are looking for.

Enriching Local Communities:

The world is becoming more and more global each day. I talk to people from all over the world every day. It’s awesome to know it is possible, but hey, we are still ultimately “living” locally. We may think globally, but still live locally.

If you think what Facebook has done. It has enriched the lives of the people that are close to you. Sharing and talking about photos after a party, commenting on status updates, etc. It is enriching the “local” lives we lead.

I foresee more emphasis being placed on exploiting your immediate surroundings. As recently stated, Twitter is trying join that “game”. The world is connected, but now we should start strengthening those connections. It starts with your neighbours.

Standard API to connect hardware to the internet:

Call me crazy, but I think every major technology breakthrough is a step closer to establishing a technologically induced state of telepathy.

We connect through instant “updates” through statuses and services like Twitter. It is the closest we have to letting people know what’s happening “right now”. It’s great and all, but it needs a more dynamic and automatic entrypoint.

For this to happen, random hardware, like an oven for example, should start getting connected to the internet to catalog how we use it and what for. Made an roast in the oven? It stored the recipe and should start recommending new recipes.

It should happen automatically, not manually. The only way for this to take off is for all hardware to receive a “standard” by which programmers can program API to connect random hardware to the internet.

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So yeah. That’s my ideas. Let’s hope I can say, “I told you so!” in the future. Do you think I can?