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2008 Predictions In Review December 31, 2008

Posted by Matthew Woolums in History, Humor.
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About a year ago, I made a few modest predictions for 2008. I tried to make them generic enough to fit most developments, and even included an out for the unpredictable.

What do I think the new year will bring? The trend to smaller, more portable, networked devices will continue, mostly from the cell phone industry, although one hears rumors of new portable devices. I also think that open source will continue to invade the business world. I also think that Net Neutrality will be both more important, and more imperiled. Oh, and of course, something will come along that I didn’t expect, I probably won’t understand, and I’ll dismiss it as an unimportant passing fad, just like I did with Twitter in 2007.

Smaller, more portable devices made a big impact with netbooks in 2008, so that prediction looks sound. Open source is still only marginally accepted, so I’ll call that prediction as off target. Something I didn’t expect? I suppose LOL Cats would qualify for that, although I’m sure the site started long before I heard about it. LOL Cats? It is a site where visitors create captions for animal pictures, and vote for which ones they like. My youngest spends hours collecting her favorites!

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