So much to be excited about

Chris Dixon has a way of stating things that the industry widely believes to be true, but doing it in such a simple, straightforward way that it still forces you to stop and think. I loved his recent post on the frontiers of tech:

Today, the tech hobbies with momentum include: math-based currencies like Bitcoin, new software development tools like NoSQL databases, the internet of things, 3D printing, touch-free human/computer interfaces, and “artisanal” hardware like the kind you find on Kickstarter.

It’s a good bet these present-day hobbies will seed future industries. What the smartest people do on the weekends is what everyone else will do during the week in ten years.

​I would add things like: the spread of developer tools to normals turning more professionals into hackers (git for legal docs, etc); analysis layers on top of big data (personal data mining as well as business); and ecommerce-as-a-service (tools to make selling things online so easy that a huge % of the population become small business owners).

All of these things are incredibly personally exciting to me. You know the stereotypical "I thought we'd all be wearing jetpacks by now!" 1950's vision of the future? I think this stuff is better. Every one of these technologies is egalitarian (or enables egalitarian principles). Which makes me think back to Future Perfect and its vision of a peer progressive society.​

I'm so happy I get to go to work and be a tiny spec of this story.

​Good way to start the week.