The 10 Most Influential Products of the Decade
I love the end of the year. It’s an opportunity to reflect and relive the past while using it to make resolutions for the future. This year we enter a new decade, so I get to have ten times the fun. As I look back on the past ten years, I begin to see trends emerge. Especially when it comes to technology and software, there have been many product successes and even more failures. Over the course of the past ten years I’ve identified ten products that defined a decade.
This list is going to focus of technology, as there are many more products with even bigger influences. So I narrowed the playing field, mostly because I find tech more interesting. These are my opinions, but they’re informed by observation and exposure since 2010.
My decisions are based on cultural relevance, improvement over time, staying power, and popularity. As much as I’d like to include innovation on this list, I just can’t bring myself to do it. There’s a reason 3D TVs never stuck around, and it’s not because of lack of innovation.
10. Minecraft
Each decade I expect a video game console to push technology forward. In the 2000’s, the Playstation 2 would be high on my list of influential tech, but in the 2010’s it seems MMOs are pushing games in a direction and consoles weren’t prepared.
