Have been sitting on this as a draft post for far too long.  The takeaway is that personalisation is going to change the way we experience the online & offline worlds in the not to distant future!  Stuff like Microformats, provenance services, mobile devices & VRM are coming together in ways that I haven’t seen from some of the past efforts in the space.

Thought it was worthwhile to assemble this Twitter stream in one place.

@originatelabs Question for everyone: Which technologies do you think will dominate the next 2-4 years in mobile, web, and server development?

@TwitMyMobile: #Technologies to dominate: Mobile Internet Devices, Android will overtake iPhone by 2012, Aggregated social networks

@davidemills: not sure about the technologies per se but tools and services that solve infrastructure problems will shine

@SocialSteve: Those that look to deliver a “whole solution” that integrates all of them - web, mobile, server.

@oopstudios: all 3 are explosive areas atm, and I reckon linux will come into it’s own alongside online alternatives to desktop apps…

@dimebrain: Silverlight, DSLs, jQuery, and cheap “cloud” hosted relational data

@jpassen: next gen RIA’s will emerge to set bar for usability, performance, delivery,and cost = adoption, productivity, lower risk

@katilightholder: I think internet on our cell phones and DVR are going to be things we soon can’t understand living without.

@johnjlu: Further integration of internet radio and satellite radio on mobile devices

@originatelabs Thanks for all the interesting visions! A lot of focus on mobile media (streamed), media convergence, rich internet apps, and cloud tech.

@stevegotz: Surprised that personalisation didn’t make your list of hot tech areas.We are just scratching the surface of possibilities.

@RaeesMohamed: DEFINITELY platforms to deliver personalized digital content in real-time to thin, mobile, wireless digital displays.

@originatelabs Agreed! Real-time mobile content delivery and content personalization (especially automated context based) show big potential.

@jamesmhall: I have to disagree with you on personalization. I think it is a well-known space with a large set of problems

@jamesmhall Plenty of personalization carcasses around! But I think better context, matching, privacy, and UI technologies will help a lot.

@jamesmhall Totally agree. So in those terms, I see an opportunity for passive personalization = “We know what you want better than you do”