And now it's time for my predictions for 2012. Gather around everyone while I look to the future and act like I know what's going on
But first, a roundup of what I got right – and wrong – last year.
Mobile Phones, Computers, And Trends
So we look in wonder at Mobile Phones. They're gaming devices, they're cameras, they're electronic wallets. Oh, and occasionally they're phones as well, when you're not texting or Twittering or throwing birds into pigs.
The mobile market seems captivating and enchanting to us as we marvel at all the things phones can do.
Well, yes, I am impressed with mobile phones, but I'm not impressed with all this functionality anymore. Why?
Harper’s Article on “Stopping Payment” on Homes and More
Worth Reading: Harpers look at movements to take on banks over MERS and stop payments on loans. It's hefty reading, so it may only be for the dedicated, but I'd take a gander.
Essentially between the MERS mess people can take on the banks, it's got a bit of a movement behind it. This is reminiscent of other movements dealing with financial law, and might just combine with similar movements (anti-tax, state sovereignty, local control, etc.). It also has potential to combine with Occupy Wall Street.
It also means that the anger with the housing mess has a chance to mutate into something else, and banks have to keep up . . . which they're not to good at.