First off, thanks to all the speakers at this year’s HDC – we consider these folks to be some of the smartest people in the industry. We paired our own Technology group’s expertise and foresight into trends with theirs to produce a list of five technology trends that’ll surely affect your business – download it below.

Here are some #HDC12 tweets that helped inspire our technology trend guide:

Cory House ‏@housecor
In the past six weeks have your team members spent 2 hours watching people experience your product or service? -Jared Spool #HDC12

Dave Malouf ‏@daveixd
My latest upload : The Craft of Observation on @slideshare as given at #hdc12 today. http://t.co/Ei8kewkA

Pete Brown ‏@Pete_Brown
“MS doesn’t really call them tablets, right?” One of my contentions is that the distinction between tablets and PCs will go away. #hdc12

Michael Munnis ‏@mmunnis
@HDC411 Not drained – invigorated and overwhelmed. Is it possible to have too much awesomeness? #HDC12