Bagel Belly Blog

Virtual trading

This is kinda fun: the Tech Buzz Game. Fantasy share trading.

I know, I know, it doesn't sound like too much of a laugh, but I think it'll be fascinating to see how my gut feeling on the way things are going will shape up.

With that in mind, I bet on:

Mac OS X Tiger: it's coming, there'll be a rush of reality distortion some time in April I reckon, during which I'll dump the shares before the cold hard light of day hits people and they realise it's more of the same.

Ubuntu: this distribution just keeps getting better and better. 'Nuff said.

iTunes: I hate how the users keep getting screwed by Apple and the record companies, but make no mistake: when iMovies hits, this stock will skyrocket.

Flickr: did they or didn't they get bought by Yahoo!? Either way, it's a fantastic product and it's going up up up.

Podcast: if Mr Curry and co. are ploughing money into it, this stock is going places.

NetNewsWire: we can't be too far away from the final release of 2.0...

Skype-in: a phone number that regular people can use to call me, anywhere in the world, at reasonable rates? Yes please! If it stops me getting slaughtered by international charges on my mobile when I'm running round the world, it's gotta be good.

del.icio.us: folksonomies and tagging are only just going mainstream.

Skype: killer app.