Monday, June 23, 2008
The damn Web2.0 protocol
The damn Web2.0 protocol is killing the human touch in interpersonal relationships. In the past, friends used to really meet up. Then the ubiquitous hand phone came along and everyone started going "call me", then 2.5G came along and everyone started saying "sms me"..
IRC came along and everyone started going "AUTH me..", then MSN came along and everyone said "msn me". Then friendster came along and everyone said "write me a testimonial", then Facebook came along and people started going "add me".
Now apparently it seems that from actual physical seasons greetings cards have become E-cards on www.bluemountain.com and then birthday wishes became mere sms-es and now sms-es are no longer being replied to! You gotta WRITE on someone's SuperWall in FaceBook so that everyone knows you wished that person a happy birthday.
It's these Web2.0 techs that are making Java/ flash look like mere HTML.. of course it uses the standard CSS or RSS style-sheets, but how the hell are laymen like me gonna do that?
So you have sites like photobucket, Facebook and Flikr with Web2.0 tech, and soon it will be Web3.0 where the web content actually predicts what you want making it possible for the web to understand and satisfy the requests of people and machines to use the web content. Don't you think FB already does something similar to that?
So the human touch has deteriorated to this stage where interpersonal interaction is coveted and wishes are sent via FACEBOOK! I though sms was bad enough, maybe someday someone will propose on a social-networking site like FB?
I am stuck in a generation that saw the good ‘ol days of the human touch, and seeing the changes before my very eyes, and seeing the kids growing up these days getting more spoilt and more ignorant.
I know it doesn't sound like me, but I hate sms-ing and all that stupid superwall, superpoke shit in Facebook... I dunno whether it's me, but nothing beats a good night out with friends, a sumptuous dinner and a nice drink to spend the night...
Don't you think so?
We humans are becoming too impersonal with all these gadgetry all around us. I know it doesn’t sound like me, but I hate sms-ing and all that stupid superwall, superpoke shit in Facebook...
We humans are becoming too impersonal with all these gadgetry all around us. There was a time when I was the only geek walking around toting a PDA. But now I have friends all around toting pda-phones and umpcs and wondering why I am the only one still using a desktop. Like.. HELLO? It looks as if I am the dinosaur tech-illiterate around here toting an "ordinary" handphone and using a "old" desktop for my computing needs.
Like... "what? You're still using Windows XP?"
Or "hey look at my iPhone... oh you're still using that same phone..."
Does that mean I've fallen behind?
Okay good for all you guys with "advanced tech"
Okay maybe my tech really suck now.....
Posted by MK at 6:49 PM
