Comments on: You Just Can’t Win

By: Larry Mast

Larry Mast — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:10:27 +0000

In 6-10 years (or less)those digital foot-prints and shadows will not matter. MS, Dell, or someone else will come out with the coolest and most “advanced” operating system that everyone will up-grade to it, including government (at a significant surcharge) and we will all love it until we try to open one of those beautiful documents from our past and get the message “ERROR MESSAGE: You Can’t Win - OS Incomatibility”, and we all end up sitting in our retirement homes looking at tin-types of the industiral revolution and copies of National Geographic from the closet down the hall. On the religious personal experiences regarding God/Mom/guilt issues being expressed….hummmm, just got a “ERROR MESSAGE: You Can’t Win - OS Incomatibility” when I tried to type the word “Jesus”. Oh well, no guilt about it. Choose to make it a great day!

By: Lucas Sabuni

Lucas Sabuni — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:06:08 +0000

I want to be member

By: dbchicago

dbchicago — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:03:11 +0000

What I have found, as with most things in life, the concept of ‘all or nothing’ is usually not an acceptable situation. Life is fluid, as is technology and the internet. Finding a balance betwen the digital and analog world, is what most of us should be doing in my opinion. I think the Kindle is a great concept, but I still like the feel of a hardback cover and the paper I get to touch when flipping the pages.

I too am a Virgo and was ‘raised’ a Catholic. I like things neat and clean, but it takes LOTS of time to always keep things neat and clean. I also suffer from the guilt complex, but ive learned to choose my guilt more carefully, based on the impact the situation has on others as opposed to my innate desire to feel that everything is my fault! A review of Catholic Church laws and policies and how they have changed in the last 2-3 decades also hints at the Catholic Church’s fluidity.

So I ride the waves. Use the technology when it serves a functional purpose. I dont try and push all of my things and activities into a digital container.