@loic gives 34 (not 30) predictions for the future of Twitter – quite accurate !

1. It will reach masses of people
2. They won’t use 
the same tools as we do
3. It will not be only about Twitter
   -status updates will be open across social software
   -all social software will have status updates
   -Facebook has 40+ million updates a day
4. Twitter will still be dominant
 in status updates
   it’s the motherboard on which we plug in
5. We will laugh thinking we were updating them all manually
6. The social graph will also open up
7. Twitter will be big to get an idea of a person or a brand reputation
   not by number of followers but mostly influence with retweeting and lists
   lets you think like that person thinks
8. Twitter will replace SMS for millions of people
   -it is portable and archives across devices
   -you don’t need to remember a phone number
   -you are not tied to a mobile operator
9. Twitter might replace Chat for many people, too
   -a DM exchange is very similar to a private chat
   -Twitter lists are very similar to a public chat room
10. Location will be one of the most widespread status update
11. Private updates will be bigger than public updates
    (my kids say…)
12. Public ecommerce 
status updates won’t work
    buying things is very intimate
13. Live reviews of any place and product will deeply influence it though
14. Promos by brands and retailers will have big success 
for last minute deals
15. Talking to shops and restaurants via Twitter will become standard
    and will get opt in coupons as we enter a shop, based on location
16. Web will be a fraction 
of mobile use
17. Dating over Status updates
won’t be big
18. Twitter won’t display 
ads in your main feed
19. Users will get too angry at unsolicited ads
20. Other revenue opportunities such as pro accounts for businesses will be enough
21. There will be more devices publishing updates than humans
    wifi scale, planes, trains, cars all posting updates
22. Corporations will have entire teams devoted to Twitter and status updates
23. Hyperlocal news sites with Twitter geotagging feature
    (thanks, @stevefarnworth)
24. Google and Bing will be the dominant ways to search Twitter
25. Google will have its own Twitter and won’t acquire Twitter
26. There will be a few alternatives for niche search such as brand monitoring
27. Internal Enterprise Twitter like services will become standard
28. Vertical Twitter apps 
will start to appear
29. Stocktweets is the first one
30. Twitter will remain mostly used outside of Twitter.com
31. Language will evolve adapting to 140char, concise, ignore rules (thanks, @bernard_d)
32. @mentions spam will grow and become a tough to solve issue
33. There will be less and less bullshit 
in public events and in general
34. It will always be about you, 
not the tools