A speech I gave at the Midem technology conference on January 28, 2013 about the Age of Context. How sensors, wearable computing, big data, social data, location data are all combining to bring us a predictive and personalized future.

1. #midem
The Age of Context
Our anticipatory and personalized future
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2. Context is:
Wearable Computing
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3. Context is:
Wearable Computing
+ Big Data & Data Computation
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4. Context is:
Wearable Computing
+ Big Data & Data Computation + Sensor Data
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5. Context is:
Wearable Computing + Big Data & Data Computation
+ Sensor Data + Social Network Data
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6. Context is:
Wearable Computing + Big Data & Data Computation +
Sensor Data + Social Network Data + Location Data
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7. Context is:
A highly personalized world.
Warning: you will be tracked.
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8. Context is:
A highly anticipatory world:
Google Now is already, more are coming.
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9. Context is:
You will be able to see EVERYTHING
in sharp detail in your business. (Pairasight)
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10. Context is:
Knowing your customer in deep detail.
Audience.fm already does. How about you?
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11. Context is:
A personalized experience based on where you are.
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12. Context is:
A new way to work, do more, faster
(Charles Sprinkle, Harmon audio engineer)
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13. Context is:
Going to affect every product and service.
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14. Context is:
A better sound
thanks to sensors and big data computation
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15. Context is:
A new drinking game?
(Low cost sensors, Breathometer)
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16. Context is:
Better health
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17. Context is:
A new kind of marketing (Vintank for wine).
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18. Prepare now
Is your social media use advanced?
Are you spending on making customer experience
better?
Are you scared or excited by wearable computers or
tracking technology? Get over it and lead.
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19. Thanks! Bring me to
your contextual future:
Robert Scoble, Startup Liaison Officer, Rackspace
scobleizer@gmail.com
http://facebook.com/robertscoble
http://twitter.com/scobleizer
http://scobleizer.com
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