In 1994, I believed Java and Java Applets would replace Flash, desktop apps and even operating systems. I knew we'd all have fiber to the home by 2005, at the l

In 1994, I believed Java and Java Applets would replace Flash, desktop apps and even operating systems. I knew we'd all have fiber to the home by 2005, at the latest. I was sure that we'd all be using 360 panorama cameras and stereo cameras. All pictures would be VR experiences. My worst prediction: I fervently believed that all cars, electric or otherwise would be obsolete by 1995, replaced by on-demand pods on rails. On the other hand, I knew CGI would revolutionize movies, 10 years before Pixar. I showed my traditional animator friend early graphics and he laughed at the idea. I adopted digital photography years before film cameras were dead. I also bet my career on graphic user interfaces when text-mode MS-DOS was the only serious operating system and later turned down a higher paying client-server job to work on this crazy WWW thing.