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20/21

Unfortunately the supplier of Acme Crystal Balls is temporarily unable to ship stock . Must be a Brexit thing.

So here are twenty predictions to cover the next 12 months of 2021. All predictions have been made without the aid of Mr W. T. Coyote’s most excellent technology, therefore the management are not liable for any inaccuracies or, indeed, accuracies.

  1. We will get blamed for everything that goes wrong
  2. We will not get the credit for anything that goes right
  3. Remote working will become the norm for those able to do so
  4. Remote working tools will achieve a generational leap of technology and a subtle, seamless integration across all products
  5. ‘Standard’ office hours will become history (but not your contracted hours/week)
  6. Holidays abroad will become the exception and not the norm
  7. Scotland will begin to move away from the Union through legal means
  8. Northern Ireland also
  9. Wales will seek enhanced devolution but will be denied by Westminster
  10. Cinemas will change their business model to become subscription-based ‘streaming clubs’ and also ‘drive-in entertainment centres’
  11. Educators will deliver courses/lectures online
  12. Students will access courses and exams through thin-client-ish technology
  13. There will be a significant shift to Open Source software
  14. Software companies will move all products and all pricing to online subscription models
  15. All new-build homes will be provided with FTTP as standard
  16. My editor and I will have some deep and meaningful discussions about regional differences of grammar and measurements, and gender-based worldviews
  17. I may edge a couple of steps closer to mediocrity with my guitar playing
  18. The sale of paper and ebooks will take a massive upturn (just not anything I’ve written, probably)
  19. Season Four of The Handmaids Tale will continue to be the happy, joyful viewing experience it established in Season One and embellished further in Season Two
  20. I shall give up work to become a part-time troublemaker and full-time thorn in my wife’s side

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