2010 New Year Resolutions

Yes, the one thing that we can absolutely predict in 2010 is that video resolution will be better . More bandwidth means better Web TV, higher resolution in game graphics, etc.

In addition there will be more features in the applications, more data richness being transferred as the average bandwidth goes up for Web Services.

Nowhere will the Web Services resolution be more interesting than for The Cloud. Is it real, or a flash in the pan? History implies that people wil be very reluctant to give up all control of their own platform and applications

We also expect to see the resolution of the Future of Mobile for the next (Smartphone) cycle. The iPhone started the next wave, Google is making the running, but the second shoe has not yet dropped. It remains to be seen what the Olde Industry will actually do (they have not been too impressive in response so far, but will have to sh*t or - eventually - go bust this year)

The other major resolution we expect is to see is that the Future of (non Video) media will become clearer as the Freeconomic funded new models flounder due to their own growth pressures, and the Old Models finally have to restructure as they are no longer propped up by past assets.

Nowhere will this be more interesting to see than if there is some clarity in Google's strategic direction. As others have pointed out, they seem to have put fingers in every pie, but its hard to work out why and where their true future direction lies - at present a lot of their activity seems to be more about spoiling tactics for other parts of the value chain by entering with (subsidised) free services.

One area we've been expecting to see more resolution on is the role of Privacy in Social Media, but each year it seems the grockles happily throw away their privacy for a few more thrown sheep, However, the last few months have seen quiet a large uptick in discussion about this area, almost at Beacon levels. Hopefully 2010 will see some resolutions in this space.

Anyway, with that its Happy New Year to all our Readers. I hope it is prosperous etc etc.