<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Scobleizer]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://scobleizer.blog]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Robert Scoble]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://scobleizer.blog/author/scobleizer/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The prediction business going hot and&nbsp;heavy]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Jason Calacanis is the latest <a href="http://www.calacanis.com/2005/12/22/my-predictions-for-2006/">to jump in with his 2006 predictions</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/12/23.html#a8987">My predictions last year</a>?</p>
<p>Didn&#8217;t come true: #1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18. That&#8217;s 11 out of 19 items. Not a good track record.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll probably leave the prediction business to John Battelle, who <a href="http://battellemedia.com/archives/002149.php">has done a much better job at it so far</a>.</p>
<p>If I were to predict something for 2006, though, it would be similar to <a href="http://www.micropersuasion.com/2005/12/2006_trends_par.html">what Steve Rubel is focusing on</a>: that blog search simply needs to get better.</p>
<p>Oh, and for a fun little touch, <a href="http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/index.php/archives/2005/12/23/scoble-and-steve-rubel-with-mini-microsoft-in-bnc-theatre/">Nathan did a little movie of me</a> and Steve Rubel and Mini-Microsoft. Totally fictionalized, of course!</p>
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