Who is the smartest guy round these parts? Which technology expert has the ability to react quickly and succinctly to the news - and offer a pithy response? Who, in short, really has the knowledge?

The answer, given my most recent posting about content predictions for 2008, is principal Alan Pelz-Sharpe at CMS Watch. In the posting, I was quick to slate the analyst firm for their confusing trends: "To be honest, I don't understand many of the predictions."

More fool me. For there was more to the press release than a simple list of trends and catchphrases. As Pelz-Sharpe helpfully pointed out in a friendly comment on my recent posting: "You know we did publish seven pages explaining each prediction in detail on our web site."

Which is true - even the confusing buyers' market and valley of disappointment are explained. So, I'm whispering it quietly, but once you get past the marketing speak, CMS Watch's trends do include a series of useful content predictions for 2008.

Those useful analyst guys, eh?

The CMS Watch content predictions in full: http://www.cmswatch.com/Feature/172-2008