Favorite Websites of 2008 and Predictions for 2009

by Ethan Demme on January 5, 2009

In continuance of my new yearly tradition here are two favorite websites for 2008 as well as predictions for 2009.

There are so many I will give my two favorites followed by some runners up.

1. Twitter.com

Hands down my favorite website in 2008 and still going strong. Here are a list of my twitter accounts…

I have connected with and met tons of great people via twitter. Not sure what will happen in ‘09 when it gets even bigger, I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

2. Hulu.com

Want to watch your favorite TV show whenever you want? Before Hulu I rarely watched TV shows and then only if I rented or bought the DVD. Now I hook my laptop up to my TV and watch whenever I want. Favorite shows on Hulu…

  • Heroes
  • Chuck
  • The Office
  • Firefly
  • Any Given Latitude
  • The Simpsons

Honorable Mention

facebook.com was my pick for last year and is still going strong, they keep adding new cool stuff, most recently facebook connect and HD video. This is part of a push to integrate your facebook with the rest of what you do online. Videos are now embedable on external sites, how cool/scary is that.

Predictions

Two things are going to crazy this year.

1. Mobile phones: mobile browsing, text messaging campaigns, video on your phone, mobile blogging. In fact for the younger generation a mobile phone number will replace email and you will see more sites letting you log in with your mobile number or your email.

2. Online HD video: There will be more and more video, with facebook, youtube and plenty of other sites adding HD, the HD flip video camera it will be easy to post HD video of your dog, cute kids and stupid things you do. Combine this a high tech mobile phone and you will also see streaming video go mainstream. YouTube will most likely add streaming and facebook won’t be far behind.

Sure these things have been around for a while but in 2009 I predict they will go mainstream. We’ll see.

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Bradley Robb January 5, 2009 at 4:25 pm

Damn, I didn’t make the cut.

Entertainment Careers January 8, 2009 at 12:57 am

Mobiles became an in important part of life.. They are always a bit of craze.

Thanks
Betty

Lisa March 28, 2009 at 7:03 pm

Has no one out there heard about the danger of cell phone use?

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