It's that time of year again. Bloggers and everyone with a DV cam or better make predictions for the coming year... Why should a 2.5 month long blogger be any different?
Bookmark this post and just wait to see these realized:
- Your mother-in-law will join Facebook and you'll have the huge decision whether to friend her or not. Families will be torn asunder. Divorce rates will skyrocket.
- Adam Singer will be revealed as the inspiration for Benjamin Button. Adam - we will find out - is really 63 years old in the body of a 25 year old. He sure seems that wise to me!
- Twitter will be bought by Pandora because Chris Brogan suggested it as a joke in a post written in some local MA dive bar at 1:00 AM. Chris' tweepies will go on a tweet strike till the deal gets struck. However, Pandora will only play the first 1:40 of every song.
- Three people will actually find jobs on LinkedIn.
- Seth Godin will be on Twitter for one day. He'll get 65,000 followers and then stop tweeting the next day.
- Video will become ubiquitous on Facebook and no one will ever get anything done.
- Guy Kawawsaki will go into the bacon business based on the success of his alltop bacon list.
- Shannon Paul will continue to be very.
- Danny Brown will be voted nicest blogger of the year. After much consideration, Danny will change his blog URL again in 2009 because the .me domain causes way too many people to wonder just what was he thinking.
- Robert Scoble will forget where he actually lives.
- On their blog, ProBlogger will start writing romance novels in '09 because they really know how to hook you in for more.
- Louis Gray will take off his mask and reveal he is actually a droid run by Scoble.
- Jim Connolly will be asked by the Obama administration to run the Small Business Administration (this would actually be a good idea!).
- Paul Dunay will continue to find time to tweet while working, sailing, cooking, watching his kid's recitals, showering, deep sea diving and wrapped in chains and hanging from his feet (take that David Blaine).
- T.S.Elliott aka Trina Elliott will write "Twitter for Brain Surgeons" and make a killing.
- Facebook will eradicate heart disease. You'll have to read my next post for that one.
Have a Happy New Year!
Haha, one of the funniest prediction lists I've seen. :)
Thank you for the inclusion - what was I thinking indeed? ;-)
Have a great 2009 Chris, look forward to getting to know you more.
Posted by: Danny Brown | 12/28/2008 at 05:02 PM
Danny:
Glad you enjoyed it... Thanks for listening this year. I really do appreciate it. Have a happy and healthy New Year's and will look forward to reading more of your great stuff in '09!
@chrismingryan
Posted by: Christopher Ming Ryan | 12/28/2008 at 05:43 PM
There is no doubt that every one of your predictions will come true!
Posted by: Louis Gray | 12/28/2008 at 06:12 PM
@louis
LOL! Thanks for reading. Your stuff is tops!
Posted by: Christopher Ming Ryan | 12/28/2008 at 06:46 PM
the LG being a Scoble droid has me laughing - very nice!
Posted by: Adam Singer | 12/28/2008 at 07:52 PM
This is hilarious! I love the one about LG taking off his mask! I just got done saying he had to be a robot or something ;-)
I'm putting this on in my Top whatever list that I don't actually have - but might have to just because you wrote this...
Posted by: ChangeForge | Ken Stewart | 12/28/2008 at 09:23 PM
Very what? Very official? You know it! Funny stuff. Although I'm a little disappointed no one had me pegged for a droid. Serial romance posts on Problogger and people finding jobs on LinkedIn... no way! ;D
Posted by: Shannon Paul | 12/28/2008 at 09:30 PM
Actually, I had two job offers thru linkedin AND my father-in-law is now on FB. Eerie.
Posted by: Stephen Riley | 12/28/2008 at 09:39 PM
Oh COME ON, Shannon, admit you're very much in love with Scoble's droid.
Posted by: Ari Herzog | 12/28/2008 at 09:43 PM
@Adam
Thanks for the comment! I look forward to your next post.
@Ken
Thanks for posting. Yeah LG is a little too smooth. :)
@Shannon
Thanks for stopping by. I admire your work.
@Stephen
Let us know how the FB thing works out! Congrats on the job offers.
Posted by: Christopher Ming Ryan | 12/28/2008 at 10:19 PM
Loved this. And I think it's all going to happen in the next six months. So I'm looking forward to your June predictions for the rest of the year.
Posted by: Will Schwalbe | 01/11/2009 at 06:28 PM
@Will: Thanks for stopping by! Looking forward to your next six months too. -- CMR
Posted by: Christopher Ming Ryan | 01/12/2009 at 10:34 AM