Can't help but find it annoying that they got three employed professionals to testify as to how good their prediction methods are...hmm, surely if you need spend that much air time to assure people how good you actually are then there is something wrong with your previous results.
Vinko @vinkogrgic arribaa.com On Mar 29, 5:15 am, drllau <drlawrence...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GB/uk/industries/tmt/predictions/inde... > > - fixed slot scheduling > > - $100 smartphone > 500k units + wireless bandwidth crunch > - rethink online ad (ie still loss leaders) - convert social into > selling (!?!) > - social gaming (MAU->freemium->revenue per user) > - coupon clipper intermediatories squeezed > - NFC for payment > - ambient RF harvesting (niche) > - multi-tablet owner ... but paid apps a dying breed > - end of uncapped broadband? > - 3D printing trending up > - portable DVD > - micro-targetting instead of TV campaigns > - mobile SSD (though longer term trends problematic, look for magnetic- > RAM) > - big data (no big deal as logical outcome of cloud recentralisation) > - consumer electronics strong > > Rather than talk about tech, I'd like to focus on the social side of > fixed-slot scheduling. Traditional capital intensive industries > required shift-work and our whole industrial economy was framed around > the 9-5 workday. However, with services, untethering, and > globalisation, skilled professionals are finding work follows them. On > the other hand, young/marginal workers are ending up with multiple > piece/part-time McJobs. The rise of pervasive computing supports both, > the pros in their dispersed networks, the Millenials in their future > perfect support circle (think part-time actors waiting for big > chance). The risk for the former is burn out, the latter societal > disfranchisation and malcontent as they discover tweeting is NOT a > revenue generating activity. > > Some of Deloittes other predictions are provocative ... but if you > read closely, the tentative signs are that Web 2.0 is not sustainable > in current mode (ads not working, apps loss-leaders, Millenials want > everything for Gratis). What the big data is really doing is sorting > out those with the cash from others that dash. So no surprises that > "piracy" in data downloads is going to be hit. > > Lawrencehttp://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
