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Hump Day Haiku: The State of the Digital Union

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Today I was going to bum everyone one out with a sob story of how my state of mind is sort of in the doldrums.  Don’t worry though, I’m going to stay with the party line, after all, a coach once told me “no one is going to feel sorry for you except for maybe your mom, so you might as well suck it up.”  So, let’s keep it topical and talk current events that matter to more people than just me (and presumably my mom).

I historically don’t curry too much favor for technology based news.  I have multiple conspiracy theories to support starting a world wide digital insurgency, I feel that Sky Net could become self aware at any moment, I live in fear that somewhere there is a Bill Gates doppelganger bent on world destruction, and the fact that Google knows what I want to know before I finish typing it in the search field makes me more worrisome than satisfied with its ease.  My anti-tech sentiments, while keeping me in a safe bubble, put me behind the power curve over the years on gems like the ipod, DVR, and the amazing Adobe Illustrator.  The bottom line is, Bob is right. And even though I can now accept that the times are a-changin’, I will always interact with the tech world with with one hand on my gun.

There is one gentleman though who has opened my eyes to the potentially positive exploits of the digital world.  My legally bound brother from another mother, Andy.  From schooling me on intricacies of Gates v. Jobs while on a run or introducing me to twitter, he for better or worse, brought me to the party.  He tweets with the creme de la creme of the Stockton social media’lites, lives by the @garyvee’s motto of Crush It, and is using the technology, social media, and the interwebs to get his business hustle on.

This week on twitter he has been gushing about Steve Jobs and the introduction of the Apple Tablet, which by all accounts should cure the world of it’s ills.  The amount of buzz that the Apple Tablet Announcement received on the internet over the past month illustrates the impact that social media has had on technology.  Five years ago, I would have only known about the Apple Tablet unveiling if I was talking to some tech savvy person in the know or had an interest in that arena (which I didn’t).  Now, the ease of seeing #appletablet or #apple or #stevejobs as a trending topic on my twitter account and hearing friends, who are in the know, tweet about #appletablet allows technology news permeate directly to me.  This in turn involuntarily raises the interest level in the topic (see: this post) and puts information at your doorstep. 

Is this good?  I don’t know but like a Google search, its easy.  Even if it isn’t, at least I will know right away when Sky Net does become self aware and that gives me a chance on Judgement Day…

Apple Tablet Huh?

Better to know than not know?

Hmmm, well I guess so…