The Near Future by Ian Griffin

Ian Griffin, a blogger who've I've been enjoying reading lately, writes:
Three things will happen in the near future:

1. Use of RSS Readers becomes commonplace. They become the default way people follow blogs. People share their favorite feeds with colleagues. Pre-loaded RSS readers are provided to new employees, freshmen students, enrollees in training programs and similar groups. People subscribe to premium RSS packages.

2. The dynamics of social networking (via links, trackbacks etc) results in an elite few content providers rising to the top. These are bloggers who are the most valued by a particular niche at any one time. Guilds of elite bloggers will form to assist each other in maintaining their reputation.

3. At some point at least one other CEO of a Fortune 500 company will join Jonathan Schwartz as a bone-fide blogger.