The Open Web
Today I read Why Generation X Will Save the Web by Heather Burns. She generalizes the experiences of the Internet by generation: Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millenials. The major divide is GenXers, who experienced the early, open web - while Millenials have only known the closed web of big corporations - Facebook being the prime example, of course.
In the categorizations, Baby Boomers don’t really understand the Internet at all.
That puts this Baby Boomer in a weird spot, because I’ve been deep into the net since the days of dialup and Usenet. I was in GeoCities. My personal website has been on the web since 1997, and my blog has been in existence since 2003. I know the open web more than most GenXers. And I certainly miss it - which is probably why I clutch my blog and my website so tightly. I’d be very happy if GenX saves the web. (I confess I’m waiting for the day Facebook goes down in flames.)
My meager contributions to the battle... keep an active blog... own a domain and a website... boycott Facebook.
Some other posts I read recently:
The Most Important Blog Post
It’s Time to Get Personal
Ground Rules for New Bloggers
The Loveliest Place on the Internet
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In the categorizations, Baby Boomers don’t really understand the Internet at all.
That puts this Baby Boomer in a weird spot, because I’ve been deep into the net since the days of dialup and Usenet. I was in GeoCities. My personal website has been on the web since 1997, and my blog has been in existence since 2003. I know the open web more than most GenXers. And I certainly miss it - which is probably why I clutch my blog and my website so tightly. I’d be very happy if GenX saves the web. (I confess I’m waiting for the day Facebook goes down in flames.)
My meager contributions to the battle... keep an active blog... own a domain and a website... boycott Facebook.
Some other posts I read recently:
The Most Important Blog Post
It’s Time to Get Personal
Ground Rules for New Bloggers
The Loveliest Place on the Internet
You're welcome to comment on LJ, but I'd rather you leave a comment on the original post at Dreamwidth. The current comment count is
.