Among SharePoint 2010's great new features is a significant advancement into the area of social computing. In fact, it could be argued that SharePoint 2010 will provide the next plateau for social computing. You'll recognize part of the following, I'm sure:
The decade in Social Computing:
Year
Technology
Sample
1999
So, I just have to tell someone about this thing my cat did today…
2004
OMG! Cat pictures!
2005
OMG! Moving cat pictures!
2006
1:00 pm. My cat just sneezed! 1:02 pm. Cat sneezed again! 1:04 pm. Cat hasn't sneezed recently. Getting worried.
2007
My Site about My Cat (with item-level security and version control)
2009
The Kitty collaboration platform for the Enterprise and the Web:
I'm very excited! :)