Readers have been writing to me lately about my annual predictions column, a vestige of my days at PBS. While I’m reluctant to do it, that annual exercise is apparently very popular. And the quality of reader comments lately suggests we could get quite a good discussion going. So I’m going to do it. But, just like Dora the Explorer says, I need your help. If you have any predictions to share for 2011, please send them to me by e-mail (bob@cringely.com) and I’ll include the better ones in that column, giving credit where credit is due so we can both take the heat when we’re wrong.
Remember it’s important to not only predict what will happen but why. Understanding is our goal here and […]
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission this week 
I have a mouse in my RV. Or as many correspondents have told me I have MICE in my RV, because the concept of a solitary mouse is beyond their considerable experience. This month my wife, three young sons and I (and of course the mice) are in California, mainly touring in our 1996 Winnebago. We tour, we fix, then tour some more. The old Winnie was never built for 107-degree desert temperatures and neither was I. So since we’re broken-down waiting (again) for the fixit man to come, I think this might be a good time to update my readers on a few old projects.