[ Thanks to james
Maguire for this link. ]
“Many tech predictions are so vague and couched in such
gaseous, unprovable language that they’re not worth the virtual ink
they’re written with. Alex Chriss predicted last year that in 2009,
“The mobile industry is going to be boring.” Martin Veitch
predicted that “virtual desktops and mobile devices will be
everywhere.” “Boring” and “everywhere” are vague to the point of
meaninglessness. These can’t be wrong — but they can’t be right,
either.“…10. Twitter will get a business model – Josh Catone. Unless
the business model is to keep raising venture capital, Twitter
hasn’t got one. Catone isn’t alone. This is the most popular wrong
prediction about 2009. Dozens of pundits made it.“…9. Apple will announce a successor to Steve Jobs…”