Reviewing Predictions for 2016
January 30, 2017At the beginning of last year, I wrote down some predictions for 2016. Let’s check them now.
- Smaller more focused startups? Maybe this is happening. There doesn’t seem to be much of a change overall. People still want to talk about Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat. There hasn’t been some new entry and there doesn’t seem like there’s much movement.
- Major Twitter changes? Totally wrong. The biggest complaint I’ve heard about Twitter is that it doesn’t innovate or add new features.
- Bad moves by major media companies? I’m going to say this is a win. Not because they did something wrong, but because it seems like most traditional media companies haven’t done much. Disney’s Maker Studios has had a tumultuous year so maybe many are holding onto the wait-and-see approach. Which will probably end up being a bad move.
- Remote work? I think this has been a general trend. It’s slow moving, but there. While it’s anecdotal, I know more people working from home now than I ever have.
- Congressional fight over autonomous cars? This one is surprising to me. While there have been hiccups without a doubt, it seems like companies are slowly rolling this out. It’s on a local level instead of a national level.
This was originally brought about by my response to Fred Wilson’s 2016 predictions. #9 on that one? Trump? Just wow. I have no idea how this happened. Totally shocked.
Overall, 2016 seemed to revolve around politics. There was a ton of news there, but we didn’t see any major moves in technology (outside of emails, leaks, and hacking). There’s the slow, continuous slog of autonomous cars, IoT, and AI improvements.
I’m planning on doing a 2017 prediction follow-up.
