Tag: Predictions

Each January, I have offered predictions for the upcoming year. This year, Alex and I put our heads together to come up with a single list of predictions. Having doubled the number of bloggers making predictions, we seem to have doubled the number of predictions, too. Each prediction is supported by at least one of…

Last January, I offered predictions for 2005. It’s time now to review those predictions, to see how I did. (1) DRM technology, especially on PCs, will be seen increasingly as a security and privacy risk to end users. The SonyBMG fiasco fulfilled this prediction. Verdict: Right. (2) Vonage and other leading VoIP vendors will start…

Here is my list of twelve predictions for 2005. (1) DRM technology, especially on PCs, will be seen increasingly as a security and privacy risk to end users. (2) Vonage and other leading VoIP vendors will start to act like incumbents, welcoming regulation of their industry sector. (3) Internet Explorer will face increasing competitive pressure…

A year ago, I offered seven predictions for 2004. Today, as penance for sins committed in 2004, it’s my duty to exhume these predictions and compare them to reality. (1) Some public figure will be severely embarrassed by an image taken by somebody else’s picture-phone or an audio stream captured by somebody else’s pocket audio…

Happy New Year! This time of year, journalistic convention requires even micro-pundits like me to make predictions for the upcoming year. This goes for the rest of you bloggers too – let’s see your predictions! Like everybody else’s predictions, some of my predictions are obvious, some will be hilariously wrong, and all of them will…