- ..does swimming in the rain seem stupid? It’s not like you stay dry during anyway.
- ..do we call what is a natural and inevitable evolution of the web something as lame as Web 2.0? Do people so badly need a catchall-phrase for all things?
- ..do people hoard stuff like they would never again step in a grocery store before all occasions when the stores are closed for more than 24h? Case in point: Easter weekend in Finland. Only over here it applies to hoarding alcohol, too – heaven forbid the nation might go a day without booze! (Alko sales are five times higher than normal on Maundy Thursday)
- ..is there such an affection to stupidity as to profitably sustain entire industries like the Yellow Press or, say, the tobacco industry?
- ..do I have to hoard bookmarks to the extent that managing them is now an impossible task? Why is there not a good tool to do this?
Because…
1) because you can’t dry off as fast once you emerge from the water, so you get cold an dstay cold once you get out.
2) Marketing makes it nerd sexy and therefore attracts truckloads of slightly overweight men bearing bouquets of venture capital. For examples, see ETech, OReilly orgies
3) Because you never know when you’re going to need that extra bit of Ingredient X. I’ve noticed people ’round here do a lot of daily shopping (contrast this to the siege mentality of warehouse shopping in other countries like the US), so people are unused to having their constant supply be cut off.
4) a) Irritation at others’ success combined with a desire to see that celebrities are also human, and b) chemical dependency mixed with a large dose of desiring the social stimulation associated with cigarettes. For the both of them, habit joins forces with marketing and the unwitting are efficiently lifted and seperated from their money.
5) Have you tried del.icio.us? Can’t sing its praises enough. Web based, tagged, and huuuuuge. Also, Web 2.0 approved!
Hey that’s pretty good. I never expected anyone to answer the questions
I haven’t actually tried del.icio.us to an extent of importing all my bookmarks there. Maybe I should give it a try.