Comments on: 10 Predictions for 2010 http://www.devonhopkins.com/2010/01/10-predictions-for-2010/ New Media for Creative Minds Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:48:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Devon Hopkins http://www.devonhopkins.com/2010/01/10-predictions-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Devon Hopkins Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:11:52 +0000 http://www.devonhopkins.com/?p=986#comment-146 <a href="#comment-143" rel="nofollow">@Anna </a> Thats definitely possible about Wave, in which case I supposed it wouldn't be an "epic" fail. I just think that it's not going to go anywhere as a solo application because no one knows what to use it for. And I haven't explored Yelp but every time I've used it it's been great, so good prediction there! @Anna Thats definitely possible about Wave, in which case I supposed it wouldn’t be an “epic” fail. I just think that it’s not going to go anywhere as a solo application because no one knows what to use it for. And I haven’t explored Yelp but every time I’ve used it it’s been great, so good prediction there!

]]> By: Devon Hopkins http://www.devonhopkins.com/2010/01/10-predictions-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Devon Hopkins Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:29:19 +0000 http://www.devonhopkins.com/?p=986#comment-145 @Betsy Exactly, and come to think of it, these aren't issues that baby boomers face exclusively. Most of my friends have no idea how to manage their privacy settings nor do they know how to customize their friend feed. I think that it's just the only thing we know, so we accept it instead of demanding it to be better. @Betsy Exactly, and come to think of it, these aren’t issues that baby boomers face exclusively. Most of my friends have no idea how to manage their privacy settings nor do they know how to customize their friend feed. I think that it’s just the only thing we know, so we accept it instead of demanding it to be better.

]]> By: Betsy http://www.devonhopkins.com/2010/01/10-predictions-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Betsy Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:30:58 +0000 http://www.devonhopkins.com/?p=986#comment-144 I agree that Facebook has a long way to go before we baby-boomers embrace it. The privacy settings are hard to use and the new default settings were ridiculous. I also have a hard time loading pictures and I hate getting all the useless updates about people I'm not interested in doing things that don't matter (eg., who has sent a cute little icon to whom). And although on some level hearing from the kid (now bald with a white beard) who lived across the street from me 45 years ago is kind of cool on the other hand, it's kind of creepy. I like blogs, though! (If I weren't a boomer, I'd probably put an emoticon here). I agree that Facebook has a long way to go before we baby-boomers embrace it. The privacy settings are hard to use and the new default settings were ridiculous. I also have a hard time loading pictures and I hate getting all the useless updates about people I’m not interested in doing things that don’t matter (eg., who has sent a cute little icon to whom). And although on some level hearing from the kid (now bald with a white beard) who lived across the street from me 45 years ago is kind of cool on the other hand, it’s kind of creepy. I like blogs, though! (If I weren’t a boomer, I’d probably put an emoticon here).

]]> By: Anna http://www.devonhopkins.com/2010/01/10-predictions-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Anna Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:09:12 +0000 http://www.devonhopkins.com/?p=986#comment-143 Actually, I think that Wave won't be a total failure - I think that Google will just incorporate the more successful elements of Wave into Gmail, Docs, and iGoogle. I do agree about the Twitter backlash - but I also think that Twitter was a response to a boom in long-form blogs where people endlessly talked about mundane things in their personal lives. So I have a feeling that sites like Yelp that do a good job of sorting and categorizing user generated content (what I think of as curated sites) will rise in popularity in 2010. Actually, I think that Wave won’t be a total failure – I think that Google will just incorporate the more successful elements of Wave into Gmail, Docs, and iGoogle.

I do agree about the Twitter backlash – but I also think that Twitter was a response to a boom in long-form blogs where people endlessly talked about mundane things in their personal lives. So I have a feeling that sites like Yelp that do a good job of sorting and categorizing user generated content (what I think of as curated sites) will rise in popularity in 2010.

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