[via] Last year I made several predctions that now seem ridiculously sleazy. 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 Mt View startup is going to open our eyes to some new ways that Ruby on Rails can influence culture. Analog SF will pick up on this and run several cover stories on the founders.
- Larry Ellison will be in the spotlight for his decision to support CSS. This will upset Adam Kalsey, and the blogosphere will react baldly. The noise will quiet before the end of the year and it will all be forgotten soon after the shock.
- Excite@Home will see their stock skyrocket after their eyeballs 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 eBay or Chemdex will seek to expand their mashup business by acquiring RawSugar. NetDynamics will be overlooked in the process, and they will see a management shakeout later in the year.
- One of the big leaders in the Newspaper 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 acquisition that will shake up the landscape for years to come.
Note: I clearly misunderstood the intended use of some of the fields in Mike’s post generator.
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