Predictions and Resolutions

Happy New Year! 

Congratulations! You have survived two weeks at home with your loved ones and 12 days of Dry January. You have agonized over self-improvement or decided you’re good enough and darn it, people like you (we do!). You have wrapped, unwrapped, counted down, and taken stock, and here we are, back in our default state for the next 48 weeks. 

Let’s do it.

What’s to Come

I’ve never done this before but I’m going to try my hand at some predictions. I’m really looking forward to seeing how my Magic 8-Ball delivers for you.

1. This is the year you’re going to start using an AI browser.
   It’s definitely the year that I will start using an AI browser, so this is cheating a little.
   There is real caution required here – if you give too much access to the browser, there are opportunities for serious data loss. But the upsides for productivity, ease of use, and workflow improvements are no-brainers.
2. We don’t all want to be online all the time and some companies will deliver on that.
   I wrote on this topic for Cary Magazine this month offering some solutions for prying yourself away from your device. I believe many of us want to take a step back from the doomscrolling, but not abandon technology all together. I think more products and solutions for this in-between space will be coming to market this year.
3. Tech companies are going to have to address security and/or privacy.
   This is a bit too specific and will probably burn me, but I think security and/or privacy are going to become a big talking point for the major tech and AI firms this year after one or a series of breeches occur. There’s been a lot of quick growth for these companies and I’m not convinced they have prioritized some of the under-the-hood fundamentals they should.

Those are my guesses – care to share yours? I’ll drop these in LinkedIn this week – please jump in and add your guess!

Resolutions

Anyone with a website knows it tends to be the last thing that gets attention, a truth even more true when you run a company that works on websites. That said, we did get some updates made to the Marit Digital site and I invite you to review our Services for updates and increased details.

We’re also very proud to share the Resources that we’ve found for AI comparisons, email security, technology fundamentals, and other useful tools. If you know of one that we don’t have, please share it with us!

One thing we expect to do less of this year (yes, LESS – aren’t you proud of us?!) is teach classes. We have had uneven attendance in the past year, and we believe our time can be better spent on other projects. That said, we still believe that training and compliance is EXTREMELY important, and often over looked for small businesses and non-profits. We will likely refocus some of our energy on more in-depth training on a few specific topics. And you can always reach out if you need one of our training classes for you or your team.

We look forward to continuing to share our news and resources throughout the year. Thank you for reading!