Well it’s already 2009 in parts of the world, but since I only have like 1.63% Australian readers, I think I’m pretty good to go with my 2009 predictions. Of course, I may be way off come next December when I review these as I did the 2008 predictions I made, but it’s all in good fun.
1. FriendFeed – And sites that are like FriendFeed which is basically mashing everything into one place will become more popular. The drawback of course is we’ll be overwhelmed with sites proclaiming that they are better than FF in some way shape or form. This always reminds me of all the hair bands that were signed off the strip in the 80′s just because they were metal. Wake up people, innovate and not copy everyone else.
2. advertising – Will actually improve in 2009 due to advertisers actually seeing the benefits of doing targeting economically vs blindly throwing mud against the wall. This will actually increase revenue for those that choose to advertise. A lot of people are out there writing about the death of advertising online, but I have to disagree – where else do advertisers have to go? Television? Newspapers? Unlikely since both are on the ropes and about ready to go down for a ten count!
3. twitter – Will announce the plan on how they are going to make money. See #2 above.
4. mobile – Will get even bigger in 2009 than it has become in 2008. If you don’t have mobile in your plans for 2009, you need to start thinking mobile if you are new company only catering to the browser.
5. out on a limb – Here are some items that could or maybe will not happen – well truthfully the above may or may not happen, but these are the ones that are dependent on a major break through.
5A. beginning of the end for regular computing – The keyboard and the mouse will finally see the beginning of the end with full scale production of systems that only rely on touch and motion. It’s already a reality, but now it needs to come down to consumer scale and before you know it – it will all be just another Minority Report.
5B. time travel – Will actually become a reality in labs as scientists will send inanimate objects forward and backwards through time. Near the end of 2009, they will begin the early stages of transporting bigger objects and live creatures.
5C. game changer – Some entrepreneur out there will actually think outside of the #1 above and create something that is game changing online. Not another #3 either, and could possibly be another #2 without the #2! There are some people out there that will take this recession head on and try to become the next big thing outside of the box.
That’s it. Lame? Well I’m really interested in the #5 choices, especially 5C as I think that is the most important. We have all become too complacent and not really created anything game changing in awhile. Everything in 2008 wasn’t a game changer, it was all basically a step forward, but not a leap forward.
Technically Speaking, these prediction things are fun to do, but who really knows what 2009 holds in store, so why not just have fun with them and go way out on a limb!
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