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Best, Worst, and Trends for 2000, Predictions for 2001
The annual lists of the best and the worst of the year are beginning to pop up. More are added as they’re found. [Date is noted with each addition.] Submissions and comments welcome.
[This article was updated with new listings 12/28/2000.]
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Best
- 2000: A look back at the year in IT
by Scott Petersen, eWeek (ZDNet). Petersen states that 2000 is the most interesting year ever for technology. His article explains why he feels that way.
[added 12/24/2000] - CMP Media’s Web Techniques: Best in Internet Development Tools
Top products and services for the Web for the year (2000). - Computer Shopper, ZDNet: Top 100 Products of 2000
Trends for the year. Rates desktop systems, notebooks, mobile products, hardware, software, games, new technology, web services. - PCMagazine, ZDNet: Best of 2000
ZDNet’s listing of software, products, tools, services, with discussion and reviews. - Salon: Music 2000
- SatireWire: 2000: The Internet Year in Review
This is a truly hysterical review of the year on the Internet, with quarterly highlights. A couple of excerpts:
"Genealogy Web site Ancestry.com abruptly suspends its joint venture with TimeTravel.com after an audit of family trees on its site reveals more than a dozen registered users have become their own grandparents. 'It’s icky,' says Ancestry.com spokesperson Arlene Murphy."
"The anti-spam bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives is sent to the Senate, where the Senate’s spam filtering software automatically determines it is junk mail and deletes it."
[added 12/24/2000] - SkewPoint: The Year 2000 in ReSkew
by Cybersatirist Bob Hirschfeld, Bob’s Fridge
Read this satirical account of the year with headlines such as:
"Gore Uses Tranquilizer Gun to End Clinton’s Lengthy State of the Union Address,"
"Ramseys Hire OJ Simpson To Find Their Daughter’s Killer,"
"Missing Los Alamos Hard Drives Found On Ebay,"
"IRS Launches Electronic Filing Using New Technology Called Telegraph."
[added 12/24/2000] - Softletter: The Ten Best Online Stores of 2000
Based on store design, merchandising, order processing, competitive positioning, and site promotion. - Yahoo! Internet Life: Best Sites for 2000
Ranks consumer networks, web directories, search engine sites, tips and tricks, site-building, newsgroup sites, more.
[added 12/24/2000] - XML, The Great Peacemaker of 2000
by Wylie Wong, special to ZDNet. Wong discusses how major companies are coming together to speak a common language. Also includes predictions for 2001.
[added 12/24/2000]
Worst
Trends for 2000
- Online Holiday Shopping for 2000
Online Holiday Shopping Improves dramatically over last year, according to new Anderson Consulting Study
[added 12/28/2000]
Predictions for 2001
- The Alertbox: The Web in 2001: Paying Customers
by Jakob Nielsen. This issue of Nielsen’s Alertbox covers his annual prediction for the upcoming year. Nielsen summarizes his article:
It’s also interesting to check his prior years' predictions and other articles. Controversial figure around the Web whose articles provide interesting reading."Offering free services on websites is not a sustainable business model, nor is advertising, which doesn’t work on the Web. Most Internet companies are now pursuing an enterprise strategy to make money, but they’ll soon begin turning to individual customers for revenue as well."
[added 12/24/2000] - Are killer hack attacks coming?
eWeek predicts worse security problems in 2001.
[added 12/28/2000] - Davenetics: Looking Forward to 2001
by Dave Pell. Predictions for the coming year about the market, handheld devices, security, Internet consulting, investors, games and entertainment, AOL and Time Warner, Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos, Microsoft, and even Madonna. Interesting reading.
[added 12/23/2000] - Sale of eBooks to slow
Forrester research indicates slower ebook sales and thriving digital textbooks for 2001. - Study: IT spending to slow
CNet report that the IT industry will slow its spending during 2001.
[added 12/28/2000]
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