I should, by the end of the year create some of the biggest headlines of this century. I have invented a manner of creating electricity that is 100% green, and in large quantities costs .00007 cents per kilowatt.

I third the social media exhaustion comment. I'm already there. It's a little like instant messaging - we need some heavy consolidation and integration to make the technology really work for people.

Sheri
I think one of the big issues that has always been around but elevating in importance is data privacy

how much are we as consumers prepared to give up in the name of better convenience, service, customer experience via behavior targeting, GPS, RFID. CRM etc..... Its already been said that Google, clickstream etc... have more powerful and pervasive data/information capture than government intelligence agencies.

not an easy issue - because at its root is a need to trust and believe in the data collector's ability to safeguard the information and use it with the best of intentions. A Win -Lose scenario for some, others would argue its a Win-Win.

Can we leave this to the industry to self-police itself or do we need government intervention/oversight?

Miro Slodki

Domenic

already have written on this topic
Social Media Fatigue, Open Social/Data Portability, Facebook, Clan marketing
http://www.canadianmarketingblog.com/archives/2008/02/social_media_fatig...
if you care to follow up

cheers
Miro

1. With Yahoo on the ropes, I think some of the biggest headlines would focus on the big 3, Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo.
2. Social platforms. There's a lot out there, and it's not like blogs that people don't need to keep up with all of them. Having to sign up on several social platforms just to keep up with contacts and friends is getting messy. Sooner or later end-users will be exhausted keeping up with all of them. 2008 might not be that year, but I think we will hear some of it this year.