And the Pink Tiara goes to…
Last night I went to the Unlimited Potential event in Wellington at which four bloggers tried to predict the future. The prize is the pink tiara, which the proud winner gets to wear until next year’s event.
The bloggers, who were all great sports, were:
- last year’s winner Philip Fierlinger
- Geek girl and “Kim Hill” star Brenda Wallace
- Geekzone honcho Mauricio Freitas
- Wellington author and blogger Miraz Jordan
Frankly, it wasn’t intended to be very serious – the prize rather signals that, don’t you think – and it wasn’t serious at all. The bloggers had each clearly thought about their stuff, and came out with a range of predictions ranging from things that had already been announced (The Australasian Linux conference will be in Wellington next year) to the likely (Windows 7 will sell better than Vista) to the, well, superficially improbable (Apple will take 75% of the laptop market). The audience lapped it up, with only a modicum of friendly advice and comment to the bloggers, ably abetted by the MC. The winner was chosen by the highly scientific method of seeing who got the loudest applause, whistling, and cat-calls from the audience.
And who won? Well…
Take a bow, Brenda!
