Eric Wahlforss is one of the guys behind SoundCloud. This is where he jots down thoughts on the web, music and strategy, among other things.
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2008 Web Tech Predictions
Here are some bold predictions for next year (while listening to Scriabin’s Op. 8/No. 12 on repeat in the San Francisco sun, so you’ll have to bear with me here…):
- The proliferation of Single page webapps (SPA:s)
- OAuth gets support from some major players (Google, Yahoo, etc) which leads to some really interesting inter-webapp mashups
- Gmail sort of kills Facebook for many mainstream users (by offering status updates, some kind of social graph interface, etc)
- A handful of OpenSocial apps get a surprising amount of traction, with more exposure than any single social network
- Spotify is a smash hit, and people in areas with mobile broadband (like Scandinavia) start to realise they won’t have to download music, ever again
- Twitter gets aquired, possibly by Yahoo (who I’m sure will do better in 2008)
- Flash 9 “Moviestar release” kills Joost
- Wikia kills Google (ok, I don’t really believe this will happen, but it sure would be interesting…)
UPDATE: Here are some more 2008 predictions from the latest What’s Next panel with Henrik, Joakim, Tomas and me (In Swedish, sorry!)
January 1st, 2008 at 3:14 pm
nice list. happy new years to you!
January 2nd, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Flash 9 “Moviestar release” kills Joost
Well, This is my Flash8 High Definition Player… Ad not flash9. Yes, It will play in flash9 also… Thanks for thinking that my HD video are flash9 or H.264. But they are flash8 video.
Best
Ney
http://www.interactivedna.com/HD_FullScreen/
January 3rd, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Don’t forget that Facebook is more mainstream than Gmail.