fads

Today I was browsing the archives of a Macintosh-related website and came across a comment I made there back in 2006:

Many trends in computing are like the CB fad of the 1970's. Technically interesting, but ultimately just another vehicle for pointless blather.

I mean, c'mon. IM, online photos, personal websites? 10-4, good buddy.

Six years later and I don't see any reason to retract a single word.   I overlooked blogs, which were already prevalent back then, but now I would have to add Facebook pages, Youtube channels, and worst of all, tweets.  It's all the same.

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So I haven't been posting much lately.

On the one hand, I haven't had much worth saying.   I'm as prone to blathering as anyone else, but I often catch myself doing it and then fall into a prolonged, embarrassed silence.  It's been like that lately.

On the other hand, spring has arrived here in the Pacific Northwest and there's work to done in the garden.  There's a lot to dislike in Voltaire's Candide, but I think he got something right in the ending...