Ideas
Things I called early. Things I'm writing now. Things still ahead.
- 2019Essay→
Drone surveillance.
Predicted civilian drone surveillance would become standard for border, infrastructure, and large-event monitoring within five years. By 2024, three Indian states had operational programs.
- 2010Essay→
Online medicine.
Wrote an internal proposal at Cisco for a network reference architecture for an online pharmacy. Was told the regulatory environment would never allow it. India's online pharmacy market crossed ₹10,000 crore in 2024.
- 2004Essay→
SMS marketing.
Argued in a college paper that SMS would be the dominant marketing channel for low-bandwidth markets within five years. By 2009, every Indian bank, telco, and pizza chain was running SMS campaigns at scale.