Real-time engagement - We want it now!

Trends sometime find a way to stabilize. I believe we are at that point at the moment – it’s not that there aren’t new trends; it’s just that the one that blossomed recently are still gaining momentum, like the Status Spheres. Therefore, the Trendwatchers are currently just observing on how these trends are being applied. But, when I started thinking about it, there is a trend we still haven’t considered and it has been gaining more and more power in the last couple of months – the Real-Time trend.
Real-time trend refers to the emergence of products or services whose major sell point is the real-time occurrence. For example, games that aren’t turn-based but are real-time – every decision made by the gamer affects the online game in that instant and everyone there will be affected. You are probably thinking by now “ok, nothing new there”. Well, the thing is when you apply the Real-Time principle to otherwise known as static information that needed deploy time or planning to occur. Continue reading ‘Real-time engagement - We want it now!’