So this is my first foray into the digital world as a blogger. I have to admit even though I have been a huge fan of technology over the years I have never gotten into the whole social networking thing. Don't get me wrong I know all about it and that almost every person on the planet knows at least something about facebook or twitter etc. The point is I haven't, until recently, seen the value of sending your thoughts out into the internet to see what others think about your thoughts.
Well now is the time. I have moved to a spot and am in a place in my life where I want to talk about, teach about, and learn about bigger, better, faster, stronger technology. Cnet is an amazing site and so is tested, and gizmodo, and the boy genius report. The only thing that seems to be lacking is that in many cases they are about criticizing everything. Don't get me wrong I know that they are there to do what they can to give people the most of their opinions and expertise. I just have to admit I get all excited about something new that has come out. I go to learn about it on one of these sites and then what happens? This new piece of marvelous engineering is just nit picked to death and most of the things the reviewers don't like are only things that people like them will find annoying. For about 90% of the population it will work great. It is almost like going to a restaurant and being afraid to try a bottle of wine because you don't want the wine snobs to laugh at you when you have really no idea of what you are talking about. I worked for an electrics store for years and people always wanted my opinion as an expert. I would give my opinion and then watch as their face would deflate when I would give a my less then glowing opinion about what they had come into buy.
A big part of anything being great is how you see it. If you have something that impresses people and you then there really isn't a whole lot that people can say
I am a huge fan of getting the right tech for the right person. This is something that is hard to pin down for each person, and the last thing that you want to hear after finding what is just perfect for you is that it flawed according to an "expert". I would much rather there be sites that people could input what they wanted and based upon that it would give them an unbiased recommendation. I know that is not likely to happen. Since having objective standard is a good thing. If you don't a version of what is the best there everyone is the best there is no winner or loser. When that happens no one really wins.
So what am I getting at. People need to be excited about their technology and not just see them as gadgets that at time make life more difficult or easy. We get them to love these things by allowing them to fall in love with those objects the same way geeks do.
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