I’m turning 31 this week. In conversations with a few friends lately, it’s come up that we’re certainly not sad to see the 20s go. we had some good times, 20s, but really, it’s time to move on. I didn’t really get wistful about it last year either, and after letting that thought cook for a year, it seems that my lack of emotion about the new decade was entirely appropriate.<\/p>\n
Though as I settle into 2009, I think I’ve become a bit of a skeptic when it comes to the ways in which technology will change our lives. Maybe skeptic isn’t the right word. Curmudgeon, maybe?<\/p>\n
curmudgeon\u00c2\u00a0|k\u00c9\u2122r\u00cb\u02c6m\u00c9\u2122j\u00c9\u2122n| noun\u00c2\u00a0a bad-tempered or\u00c2\u00a0surly person.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Ok, that’s not it. Anyone who knows me will vouch for the fact that I am the opposite of if bad-tempered or surly.<\/p>\n
Here’s an example: I just ordered some new notebooks, and I’ve spent some time researching what the best pens are for these particular notebooks. I dug out a fountain pen tonight- a gift from my father and reflected on the fact that a nice pen is quite a cool gift. Though, according to my research, a fountain pen might not be the ideal pen for a notebook.<\/p>\n
I know that fancy notebooks are all the rage amongst some segment of the blogosphere. Why is that? A standard paper notebook (is it weird that I have to specify paper<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0notebook?) is the lowest tech writing tool around. In the age of spotlight-searchable, mind-map brain explosions<\/strong>, who would write in a notebook?<\/p>\n
What if we get 10 more years down the line and realize that all of this technology was, in fact, really bad for our brains. Would we all stop?<\/p>\n
So, for my 32nd year, I’m trying to cut the difference, trying to find what we don’t want to lose. I realize in all of this thinking, researching, writing (err, typing) about notebooks I have in fact been using a computer the whole time. Computers are good for all kinds of things, but perhaps they aren’t the best for some important things…<\/p>\n
I’d also just like to point out that have been trying to recall the word, luddite,<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0for the past 15 minutes. It took a google search, starting with the Unabomber<\/a>, leading to the wikipedia, then Bill Joy<\/a> to Jacques Ellul<\/a> and then finally to my dictionary application before I could match up the neurons in my brain.<\/p>\n
We’ll see how this paper<\/em>-notebook experiment goes. There are ideas that float in and out of my head all day long, and I’d like to try and capture a few of them. I’m sure a lot of them are garbage. But maybe a few are worth saving.<\/p>\n
Well, it might make for more coherent blog posts, at least.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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