I have been digging through old articles I wrote in my time as a journalist, and I came across one piece I came up with in 2007, talking about the things that would maybe be big in the next year:
"Twitter
Admit it. You've tried blogging at one point or another. It's ok, so have we. And just like you, we found it fun, at least for a while. But there are times when what we want to write about are really interesting but just too short to be worth the trouble of logging in to the blog site, and going through the whole process of actually making an entry. So for those who want to blog on the go, without all the fuss of regular blogging, there's twitter. Think of it as microblogging. You can create posts the old fashioned way, or through Instant messaging and even SMS. Updates are then sent to those people who are subscribed to see all your new posts. Messages are limited to a short 140 characters, and only work with text(no images) but it's probably the easiest way to blog and stay connected to a whole world of users, hands down. Got just a few minutes between a stressful string of deadlines? Forget blogging, give a little twitter and see how far it goes."
Yup. I called Twitter.
Some other things were a little off (Sugar-powered fuel cells for mobile devices), but it's nice to see that I got something right.
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