Sticking to a three year Ninfomania tradition, we sat down last week, had a few beers and worked out what/who/where are going to be ?hot-to-trot? this year.Gauging from our last year two years efforts, we have been reasonably accurate about predicting the future - suggesting streaming was a good thing to get into and Tony Vegas would clean up the DJ circuit in 1998 ? but, we are not ones to rest on our laurels, so be sure to check out both of last year?s predictions below:1998 New Year Nostro?s1999 New Year Nostro?sSo, without future ado, we have this year?s attempt at seeing into the digital future and going window shopping on the way back in our two part New Year Nostro?s. If you think that there?s something we missed, we welcome your comments/suggestions/digs to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)/*<![CDATA[*/var l=new Array();var output = '';l[0]='>';l[1]='a';l[2]='/';l[3]='<';l[4]=' 109';l[5]=' 111';l[6]=' 99';l[7]=' 46';l[8]=' 97';l[9]=' 105';l[10]=' 110';l[11]=' 97';l[12]=' 109';l[13]=' 111';l[14]=' 102';l[15]=' 110';l[16]=' 105';l[17]=' 110';l[18]=' 64';l[19]=' 101';l[20]=' 109';l[21]=' 101';l[22]=' 116';l[23]=' 105';l[24]=' 98';l[25]='>';l[26]='\"';l[27]=' 109';l[28]=' 111';l[29]=' 99';l[30]=' 46';l[31]=' 97';l[32]=' 105';l[33]=' 110';l[34]=' 97';l[35]=' 109';l[36]=' 111';l[37]=' 102';l[38]=' 110';l[39]=' 105';l[40]=' 110';l[41]=' 64';l[42]=' 101';l[43]=' 109';l[44]=' 101';l[45]=' 116';l[46]=' 105';l[47]=' 98';l[48]=':';l[49]='o';l[50]='t';l[51]='l';l[52]='i';l[53]='a';l[54]='m';l[55]='\"';l[56]='=';l[57]='f';l[58]='e';l[59]='r';l[60]='h';l[61]='a ';l[62]='<';for (var i = l.length-1; i >= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == ' ') output += "&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";"; else output += unescape(l[i]);}document.getElementById('eeEncEmail_oXNWShCVxp').innerHTML = output;/*]]>*/ >.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)/*<![CDATA[*/var l=new Array();var output = '';l[0]='>';l[1]='a';l[2]='/';l[3]='<';l[4]=' 109';l[5]=' 111';l[6]=' 99';l[7]=' 46';l[8]=' 97';l[9]=' 105';l[10]=' 110';l[11]=' 97';l[12]=' 109';l[13]=' 111';l[14]=' 102';l[15]=' 110';l[16]=' 105';l[17]=' 110';l[18]=' 64';l[19]=' 101';l[20]=' 109';l[21]=' 101';l[22]=' 116';l[23]=' 105';l[24]=' 98';l[25]='>';l[26]='\"';l[27]=' 109';l[28]=' 111';l[29]=' 99';l[30]=' 46';l[31]=' 97';l[32]=' 105';l[33]=' 110';l[34]=' 97';l[35]=' 109';l[36]=' 111';l[37]=' 102';l[38]=' 110';l[39]=' 105';l[40]=' 110';l[41]=' 64';l[42]=' 101';l[43]=' 109';l[44]=' 101';l[45]=' 116';l[46]=' 105';l[47]=' 98';l[48]=':';l[49]='o';l[50]='t';l[51]='l';l[52]='i';l[53]='a';l[54]='m';l[55]='\"';l[56]='=';l[57]='f';l[58]='e';l[59]='r';l[60]='h';l[61]='a ';l[62]='<';for (var i = l.length-1; i >= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == ' ') output += "&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";"; else output += unescape(l[i]);}document.getElementById('eeEncEmail_RyqUgJjNkY').innerHTML = output;/*]]>*/General Predictions:Letter: X

Colour: Yellow

City: London [yeah baby!]

Country: Scandinavia [as their plate tectonics are looking up this year]

Film: Wookie Wars part II

Magazine: Nova [re-designed and re-launched from the fifties]

Fashion Designer: Bullit & PJ

Global Media Magnet: Protein [well, we couldn?t resist]

News Column: The ?Nine Inch Ninfo? [a full nine column inches of UK industry news from the one and only digidon, Tim Hayward]

Consumer Hype: Taste-O-Vision

Communication: Touch Telepathy

Past-time: Accidental virus marketingTech Predictions:CPU: The Emotion engine

Protocol: WAP is big, but Bluetooth rox

Must Have: A PAN [Personal Area Network]

Product: Wireless broadband PD?s [Personal Device]

Killer App: ?Out-of-the-box? multi-medium authoring solutions

Storage: Protein memory and Salt water storage [we don’t just do media you know]