We liked them before they sold-old you poser.
Here we go again. Back when I was in high school, one of the coolest things to do was to be into a band that no one heard of. We’d look down our noses at the very happy pop music lovers, thinking that they had no idea what good music was. And when we were asked what music we were into, we’d proudly fire off a half dozen names and praise their awesomeness. We’d even lend our friends tapes, and records in hopes that they, too, could see what they were missing. But, inexplicably, the moment that one of our favorite bands got popular, we considered them “sell-outs” and swore that all the new “fans” were into them just to be cool. These so-called “fans” didn’t “get it”, they were posers.
As immature as doing this was, I guess it was our way to express how we felt, how we lost a bit of our coolness, and we resented it. Well, I’m sorry to say, this high school pettiness is happening all over again. But this time, we’re not talking about R.E.M. or NIN, we’re talking about Twitter, you poser. Read more…
Humour, New Media, Rant
Oprah, Twitter
Nope, I don't use that either.
Let me begin by saying that I kind of just lied to you. I promise not to make a habit of it, honest. The truth of the matter is that I
am on FriendFeed – I’m just not that active on it. In fact, I simply just feed my Twitter updates into it, and put it on auto-pilot.
Yes, I know, it’s an amazing tool, but so are so many other new applications/social-networks/websites/paradigm shifts out there. It’s just that I simply don’t care – and you know what? That’s OK. It’s also OK if you don’t care either. I won’t speak poorly of you, swear.
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Management, Rant
Adoption, FriendFeed
Moving on
I’ve been at Concordia University for the better part of the last five years. During that time, I grew tremendously. I expanded my horizons, and explored ideas with reckless abandon – learning every step of the way. I’ve also had the pleasure of working with some of the most talented and ridiculously under-appreciated and under-valued professionals that I’ve ever met. Along the way, I have made many friends, many of whom I will truly miss.
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Personal
Bell, Concordia, Goodbye
