Oooh, but the Internet confuses me sometimes. I am what marketing teams call an "early adopter" of technology. I had an MP3 player before you'd even dreamed of them, a mobile phone with a digital camera years and years and years ago... I was on the Internet in 1995. Bascially, I pay loads to get a slightly-crap service, which is then adopted by the masses and made cheaper and easier to use.
In 1995 I was an Internet whiz. Possibly because I was one of the only people in the world actually using the Internet for personal use at that time. No, I don't mean porn. Well, not just porn anyway. I set up my own small Internet company, and before uni I spent some time working on websites for a Coalville firm.
But between 2003-2005, I went without broadband at home. This is a long story and is mostly owing to the world's worst Internet Service Provider, Tiscali. But in that time, several things happened, which I just don't understand.
Thing number one is Livejournal. Many people have told me that it is great. Indeed, they have special whizzy icons that I can admire. I have absolutely no idea how it works. And believe me, I've tried. In fact, I even have a Livejournal page at: www.laurasplog.livejournal.com I wouldn't bother though. There's nothing on it.
Thing number two is Myspace. Until yesterday, I had one Myspace friend. Erica. Who is also a real friend, and I interact with her mostly by phone. Today I had my second Myspace friend request, from iMac Hunt, who posts here sometimes. This was of course very exciting. Thing is, there's nothing on my Myspace page either. If you don't believe me, you can check. http://www.myspace.com/lauranunn. You wouldn't believe how difficult it was for me to find that URL. "Friend" has become a verb. "Will you friend me?" Huh?
Eeh, the Internet's not warrit used ta be. All these youngsters with their nasty music on their pages. And have you seen their grammar? Shocking!
I'm off forreh cup o' tea and nice birra cake.
4 comments:
OOoooo, I'll have to look you up on myspace so I can "friend" you! I do use mine a little - mainly to spy on people, put pictures up (so people I don't see often can see what I've been upto), and I leave random comments for friends:
http://www.myspace.com/sljenks
I've found a bunch of people I went to school with in England, which is pretty cool!
If it wasn't for the internet we would never have got back in touch, so I'm glad for it :)
I agree, the grammar IS awful on most pages!!!
Oh you incompetent you !
LJ is da best, trust me. Not owned by a huge multi-billion dollar company (Google) but open source (by the people, for the people as twere), comment notifications (which Blooger doesn't have am I right ?), and most importantly it's a community not just a blog so you get to meet people with similar interests (where I met all the PG lot) and make real friends. As I've told you many times before, you are destined to be an LJ legend, but alas no one would find you on Blogger as people would have to know your address to find you, not just through links on other LJ's or through your interests or posts in communities.
Give in to the inevitable and take your crown.
Livejournal, Facebook, Myspace... I'm too old. Too old I tell you!
L x
guys guys guys!, seriously, it's all about facebook. everything else comes after facebook. blogger, LJ, eBJ, MS, as a student, sometimes even food.
all of it plugs neatly into the growing world of facebook. there's even a song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EpCk6ZzK5Y
and that's just one of many
so join me us one and all
BJ
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