Category Archives: Future / Predictions

Sociocultural Trends January 15, 2010

Projection Predictions

So, you didn’t heed our warning about the rise of 3D, and now you’re scrambling after last week’s follow-up. Let’s not make that mistake again. In October, we mentioned that the size debate between smartphones and e-readers and netbooks and … Continue reading →

Sociocultural Trends January 11, 2010

10 Trends For 2010

If you haven’t already heard, our 10 Trends for 2010 are making their way around the interwebs at a blistering pace. (You can catch our press release here.) You can get your own copy of our 10 Trends by clicking … Continue reading →

Sociocultural Trends December 21, 2009

Thoughts on Thrift

As we get ready to wind down 2009 and look forward to a fresh new decade, we know you’ve got a lot on your mind. In particular, you have a nagging suspicion that no one will ever buy anything ever … Continue reading →

Marketing December 11, 2009

Sports, Illustrated

Well, at least one magazine editor has the future in focus. Here at The Awesome Blog, we’ve dedicated a handful of posts to the future of print, and cautioned that embedding videos in print will probably kill, rather than save, … Continue reading →

Sociocultural Trends November 13, 2009

Pac Man + Robots

Oh, that’s a headline that’ll grab your attention. Why are we sharing this video with you? Is it because it’s on-trend with location-based awareness? Or online-offline convergence? Or even DIY/hacker culture, which we’ll be getting into in a future Potty … Continue reading →

Marketing October 19, 2009

Everybody Gets a Projector! Everybody Gets a Projector!

It’s an exciting time in The OOC (a.k.a. the world of Online-Offline Convergence), with smartphones, tablet computers,  netbooks and other tech treats competing to be the next hot gadget. Futurists are burning plenty of bytes trying to figure out which … Continue reading →

Sociocultural Trends October 7, 2009

Video will save print (if it doesn’t kill it first)!

Last month, we called attention to Entertainment Weekly’s much-heralded inclusion of a video ad in their print magazine. Well, the same folks who lauded that move must be flippin’ the hell out over the video above (thanks to Nick Evans … Continue reading →

Marketing August 10, 2009

That’s a bold statement.

This video is hardly the first entry in the “just how big will social media get?” debate, but it certainly amasses a compelling collection of data for the “social media is changing the world” camp. The video was created by … Continue reading →