Five unpredictable predictions for the 2011 iGeneration

As the Generation Y are vastly unpredictable, here are five unpredictable predictions for the year ahead.

It's very difficult to predict what an entire demographic of broad level users will do in the upcoming year. It's like predicting whether or not you'll get hit by an engine falling from a plane while dressed as Hugh Jackman in drag.

However, some predictions may surprise you altogether. It has been a tough year of economic recovery and though the recession is widely over, the spending cuts from governmental budgets will hit the younger, spendthrifty consumer most.

1. The Generation Y will continue not to be put off by copyright laws


Cases which have enveloped the media with disproportionate fines and court battles turns the defendants, arguably the victim in these cases, almost into a martyr for the cause. Surprisingly public sympathy becomes divided, with a feel of modern day 'stealing a loaf of bread' because they were hungry. I know it sounds odd, but copyright laws at the moment are as effective as the odds to winning the Euro lottery.

2. Rising inflation will impact Generation Y spending






Bandwidth nowadays acts like a currency; the bigger the pipe, the bigger the wallet, and the more you can fit in and the more to spend. New York University could be getting the first taste the fibre pie with Google's new office conveniently located above a hub of fibre activity.

4. Younger developers may be put off by increasing corporate bureaucracy


5. Computing students will become more 'creative' and less 'technical'


From what I have seen and heard on my studenty-travels, the creative industry for university students has been on a downwards trend, as the recession recovers from 'non-vital' infrastructure and technical staffers. The creative industry bridges the technical world with the ordinary consumer, and at long last now that money has hit the economy like a wet fish, more money can be invested into areas which spur on the ordinary consumer.