A pessimistic comparison/summary
Web 1.0*: If you share deeply personal bits of yourself, you’re brave and daring, claiming this new medium for more human interactions, but there is a barrier for entry, as you have to have some technical knowledge in order to participate.
Web 2.0: You’re either ridiculously naïve or stupid for sharing yourself online, for the dangers are many in terms of your career and relationships; and/or it’s just amazing narcissism on your part. But we’ll make it really easy for you to dig your own hole.
(*Not that anyone was calling it that at the time.)
Neither of these statements reflect how I feel, either then or now. But it sure as hell seems like that’s the general consensus.
There. I said it. I wasn’t the only one saying it. MADtv was prescient by three and a half years.
I really don’t care what Apple is announcing today, but I realized this morning I missed a fun opportunity to make bumper stickers that said “HOLODECK OR BUST” which is how I feel about these things these days.
Street D&D - San Francisco (via thekingofrpgs)
Presumably done as a tie-in to the then-upcoming, now-released King of RPGs manga. I need to pick up a copy, as I have writer Jason Thompson’s original mini-comic, which still cracks me up.
About Me
Recurring themes: LGBT issues, San Francisco tidbits, ukuleles, pirates, games, absurdism. I won't really talk about myself here, but you'll get a sense of me, anyway.
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