Comments on: 2007 predictions http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/ Tidbits Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:23:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dave Pasternack http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/#comment-434 Dave Pasternack Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:54:46 +0000 http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/#comment-434 I doubt on the Renkoo one I doubt on the Renkoo one

]]> By: Search engine placement http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/#comment-433 Search engine placement Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:01:19 +0000 http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/#comment-433 "[Disclaimer: I have a stake in Renkoo, by marriage.]" That was hilarious. “[Disclaimer: I have a stake in Renkoo, by marriage.]”

That was hilarious.

]]> By: whoopee http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/#comment-432 whoopee Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:05:16 +0000 http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/#comment-432 i retract my iphone flop prediction after seeing it. my new prediction: they will have ten million orders placed on the first day it is available. i retract my iphone flop prediction after seeing it. my new prediction: they will have ten million orders placed on the first day it is available.

]]> By: joe http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/#comment-431 joe Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:07:01 +0000 http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/#comment-431 Not a chance on Obama.. Not a chance on Obama..

]]> By: whoopee http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/#comment-430 whoopee Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:59:02 +0000 http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/#comment-430 yes i would bet exactly $0, because there is of course a very good chance i could be completely wrong as i have been in the past. in fact i have been stupendously wrong about a great many tech predictions in the past, some of my greatest non-hits: - yahoo answers, which has taken off when i thought it would die - youtube. i never trashed them per se, but never really grasped its traction - google's ability to stay up in the air as long as it has - amazon's ability to not get walmartted as long as it has i will continue batting .333 in the prediction category. yes i would bet exactly $0, because there is of course a very good chance i could be completely wrong as i have been in the past.

in fact i have been stupendously wrong about a great many tech predictions in the past, some of my greatest non-hits:

- yahoo answers, which has taken off when i thought it would die

- youtube. i never trashed them per se, but never really grasped its traction

- google’s ability to stay up in the air as long as it has

- amazon’s ability to not get walmartted as long as it has

i will continue batting .333 in the prediction category.

]]> By: Timboy http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/#comment-429 Timboy Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:53:26 +0000 http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/#comment-429 Whoopee --- Heh. That would be fairly indirect astroturf, wouldn't it? Obviously I was thinking in part of Powerset, and wouldn't be going there if I didn't think that they had a shot at being disruptively good. But a lot of VC funding is going to companies with that disruptive goal and Powerset's funding is a small piece of that total. With regard to Renkoo and "not sure anyone cares" - did you think I chose what to blog about based on what would interest _other_ people? You must be new here. With regard to predictions and anyone caring: you're posting predictions _anonymously_? :) How to we know who to ridicule a year from now? Isn't most of the fun of making a prediction that you can't disown it when you turn out to be wrong? If you put your money where your mouth is, would you bet exactly $0? :) Whoopee —

Heh. That would be fairly indirect astroturf, wouldn’t it? Obviously I was thinking in part of Powerset, and wouldn’t be going there if I didn’t think that they had a shot at being disruptively good. But a lot of VC funding is going to companies with that disruptive goal and Powerset’s funding is a small piece of that total.

With regard to Renkoo and “not sure anyone cares” – did you think I chose what to blog about based on what would interest _other_ people? You must be new here.

With regard to predictions and anyone caring: you’re posting predictions _anonymously_? :) How to we know who to ridicule a year from now? Isn’t most of the fun of making a prediction that you can’t disown it when you turn out to be wrong? If you put your money where your mouth is, would you bet exactly $0? :)

]]> By: whoopee http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/#comment-428 whoopee Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:29:46 +0000 http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/#comment-428 addressing 'techbiz', point by point: 1) panama has a year to pan out. if it doesn't, investors will trash the stock into single digits and MSFT or GOOG will acquire. MSFT would be moving in already if the valuation was amenable, they must realize now their own brand is dead online. 2) doubtful 3) depends on (1) 4) yes 5) astroturf for powerset? i guess its allowed in your own blog 6) doubtful...AMZN likewise is one downturn away from being an acquisition target 7) sort of agree, its faddish and will drop fast once it gets stale. same for facebook. social will be a nightclub business. 8) not sure anyone cares some of my own: 1) GOOG has a disappointing quarter (relatively), and takes down a fair share of NASDAQ with it 2) calls for Yahoo to "get on with it" and retire terry will get louder when panama fails to meet the insane expectations placed on it 3) EBAY and AMZN continue to tread water and become acquisition or merger targets 4) apple phone flops 5) open source advocates turn on mysql.com 6) secondlife has a die-off 7) a dozen myspaces come in and fill the gap as the social market fragments across demographic and clique lines addressing ‘techbiz’, point by point:

1) panama has a year to pan out. if it doesn’t, investors will trash the stock into single digits and MSFT or GOOG will acquire. MSFT would be moving in already if the valuation was amenable, they must realize now their own brand is dead online.

2) doubtful

3) depends on (1)

4) yes

5) astroturf for powerset? i guess its allowed in your own blog

6) doubtful…AMZN likewise is one downturn away from being an acquisition target

7) sort of agree, its faddish and will drop fast once it gets stale. same for facebook. social will be a nightclub business.
8) not sure anyone cares

some of my own:

1) GOOG has a disappointing quarter (relatively), and takes down a fair share of NASDAQ with it

2) calls for Yahoo to “get on with it” and retire terry will get louder when panama fails to meet the insane expectations placed on it

3) EBAY and AMZN continue to tread water and become acquisition or merger targets

4) apple phone flops

5) open source advocates turn on mysql.com

6) secondlife has a die-off

7) a dozen myspaces come in and fill the gap as the social market fragments across demographic and clique lines

]]> By: Neil http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/#comment-427 Neil Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:49:19 +0000 http://timconverse.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/2007-predictions/#comment-427 The disrupter could be the vertical search engines that come out into the market to target searching more effectively. For example www.targ8.com has developed a simple search engine that can also look up popular directories and with a simple drop down option, keeping search more effective but simple to use.... The disrupter could be the vertical search engines that come out into the market to target searching more effectively. For example http://www.targ8.com has developed a simple search engine that can also look up popular directories and with a simple drop down option, keeping search more effective but simple to use….

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