{"id":2425,"date":"2007-12-25T18:27:39","date_gmt":"2007-12-26T01:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2007-12-25T18:27:39","modified_gmt":"2007-12-26T01:27:39","slug":"more-predictions-for-2008-bigger-better-newer-sparkle-ier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2425\/more-predictions-for-2008-bigger-better-newer-sparkle-ier\/","title":{"rendered":"More Predictions for 2008 (Bigger, Better, Newer, Sparkle-ier)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Miss Cleo tells the futcha\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/miss-cleo.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/>Too bad Miss Cleo&#8217;s not famous anymore- predictions are left up to those with (as Jeff says) a &#8220;cracked crystal ball.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So who has the fortune telling skills this year?\u00a0 Time shall tell!\u00a0<strong> Get a leg up on &#8217;08 by reading the full articles in the links below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>*************<br \/>\nJeff Brown&#8217;s <\/strong>predictions include\u00a0<a title=\"WOW, DOW- you're pretty hot!!!  Even if you don't have hair.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bawldguy.com\/predictions-for-2008-volume-i-2007-batting-average\/\">foretelling\u00a0that the DOW will exceed 15,000<\/a>.\u00a0 How&#8217;s that for ya? (Oh yeah, this is only his first Volume.\u00a0 Volume II will include something rude about me, I&#8217;m hoping.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pat Kitano<\/strong> brought us Economist&#8217;s predictions including <a title=\"warp speed dead- proceed in full molasses speed ahead!\" href=\"http:\/\/transparentre.com\/2007\/12\/24\/a-preview-of-internet-2008.aspx\">widespread Open ID and bandwith slowdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adam Ostrow<\/strong> notes that <a title=\"all up in your facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2007\/12\/24\/adam-ostrow-2008-predictions\/\">Facebook will go mainstream and newspapers won&#8217;t die<\/a> but will creep into the blogiverse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drama 2.0<\/strong> <a title=\"nothin' to see here, move along folks\" href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2007\/12\/25\/drama-20-predicts-what-wont-happen-in-2008\/\">predicts that there won&#8217;t be much new innovation or new faces on the scene<\/a>.\u00a0 Huh?<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n*************<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"subscribe to authors\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/subscribe.png\" align=\"left\" \/>DON&#8217;T FORGET- if people like Jeff and I turn you off of reading Bloodhound Blog, don&#8217;t leave!\u00a0 Simply subscribe only to <u>your favorite<\/u> authors in the sidebar!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>*************<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Too bad Miss Cleo&#8217;s not famous anymore- predictions are left up to those with (as Jeff says) a &#8220;cracked crystal ball.&#8221;\u00a0 So who has the fortune telling skills this year?\u00a0 Time shall tell!\u00a0 Get a leg up on &#8217;08 by reading the full articles in the links below: ************* Jeff Brown&#8217;s predictions include\u00a0foretelling\u00a0that the DOW [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5,19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-enduring-interest","7":"category-real-estate","8":"category-technology","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10360,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10360\/about-the-technogeek-cell-phone-debate\/","url_meta":{"origin":2425,"position":0},"title":"About the TechnoGeek Cell Phone Debate","author":"Jeff Brown","date":"November 20, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I love it when I'm able to read or witness geeks debating the finer points of TechnoGibberish. 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