The Visionary Position

December 31, 2007 · Posted in Guest Blogger  · Posted by Kieran

As we enter another year, what better time for making predictions? I’m not saying these will come true in 2008, but I’m confident they will come true at some stage. Anyway, whoever said visionaries had to be good at time management? Look at Nostradamus. He made sure he was well dead before any of his predictions came back to haunt him.

  1. The Internet becomes the Intonet as the integration of virtual worlds, touch screens and plasma technolgy enables us to literally dive through our computer screens. We can finally experience what totally immersive content really means.
  2. Human beings are no longer born with fingers, just two thumbs for texting and joy stick control.
  3. Searching for words on Google which return no results becomes an Olympic sport.
  4. Returning online purchases becomes easier when bar code scanners become the latest USB accessory. Scanning the product bar code will instantly credit your account and cause the unwanted product to disintegrate in front of your eyes, Mission Impossible style.
  5. Every child in Africa has a Facebook page. Insufficient food but a Facebook page. A spokesman for Facebook unfortunately remarks: “The African kids are proving very popular with other users and are attracting friends like flies”.
  6. Scientists discover that the average distance between the sender of an e-mail and its recipient is less than two miles. This phenomenon becomes known internationally as the local loop, except in Ireland where of course it means something entirely different.
  7. A new development in hands free technology combined with a loophole in the law allows you to legally project incoming text messages onto the windscreen of your car.
  8. Microsoft is so engrossed in the development of its new operating system that it forgets to renew its domain name. Microsoft.com is now owned by the Irish Times.

Kieran

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