It is the start of the new year, and that generally leads to predictions and thoughts about what is going to happen in the coming year. Today, I want to talk about digital media. While I'm not going to make any out and out predictions about what might happen, I am going to make some generalisations about some issues that come up in the new year. To look forward, we need to start by looking back. Let's look at some of the top issues, in no particular order: