My dotcom predictions for 2006

abgelegt im Archiv Freistil am 28.12.05

Diese Woche ist die große Zeit der Zukunftsprognosen für 2006. Beipiele dafür gibt es zum Beispiel hier und hier. Aber auch da und da. Für alle, die lieber ihre eigene Vorhersage erstellen wollen, hat Matt McAlister das Formular "My dotcom predictions for 2006" entwickelt. Wenn man ein paar Eingaben macht, kommt zum Beispiel diese Zukunftsprognose für 2006 heraus:

Last year I made several predictions that now seem ridiculously . But a few ideas were pretty close. I've got a feeling that 2006 will be a big year, and here are some of the reasons why:

A Menlo Park startup is going to open our eyes to some new ways that Flex can influence culture. Handelsblatt will pick up on this and run several cover stories on the founders.

bruce Chizen will be in the spotlight for his decision to support Flash. This will upset CIO-Blogger, and the blogosphere will react rich. The noise will quiet before the end of the year and it will all be forgotten soon after the shock.

Yahoo will see their stock skyrocket after their Content Syndication business starts taking off. We've seen it coming for a while now, but 2006 will be the year it really kicks into gear.

Either Google or Flickr will seek to expand their business by acquiring Adobe. Macromedia will be overlooked in the process, and they will see a management shakeout later in the year.

One of the big leaders in the IBM industry will wake up to the opportunity in the Internet and the Web 2.0 trends. After months of speculation, they will make a key merger that will shake up the landscape for years to come.

Zum Vergleich: Die Prognose im Webmaster Blog. Wahrscheinlich genauso treffend oder nicht, wie die Vorhersagen mancher Marktforscher, die derzeit von den Medien begierig abgedruckt werden.