* I think that NoSQL is a little overhyped. Most experienced developers I know are not that excited about it because they see the disadvantages and are less prone to immediately hopping onto any bandwagon they see. That being said, it can be beneficial in certain contexts.

* I think that mobile is the big trend of the future. Its now within the realm of possibility to do a lot of serious work on a tablet or even a phone. A few more years from now, I would not be surprised to see these tablets completely overtaking traditional PC use.

* Look back to one of the oldest languages making a comeback. I don't know if its this year or down the road, but whether its Clojure or Arc or something else, Lisp is eventually going to make a serious comeback just because it has expressive power that is unmatchable by any language.

* JavaScript, as the language of the web, is here to stay for a while. And while jQuery is ridiculously dominant right now, I see the potential for another library to hit the sweet spot with not only managing DOM manipulation but also focus on structuring larger projects with maintainable code. jQuery doesn't do the latter and there are some great libraries that do the former and latter. So despite its current dominance, it feels a little like PHP in that most people use it, but eventually some new stuff might overtake it.