I’ve been going through old blog posts, scanning them for any topics I want to revisit. What struck me most is how much my blog was a product of its time. Except for, perhaps, YouTube clips that haven’t been taken down, most of the media I linked to is defunct.
One of the video sites I used, Vodpod, no longer exists so most of my videos have disappeared. I linked to Grooveshark and that no longer exists either. Does anyone use last.fm anymore?
I created other blogs that were deleted or hidden from view. I’m weirdly organized in an “all over the place” kind of way. I’m not neat. But for the most part, I’m organized. I usually know where everything is or where everything is supposed to go. But that doesn’t mean it’s been done neatly.
I suppose I choose efficiency over being neat. I love looking at minimalistic designs like in the Nordic regions and Japanese culture.
I am not neat enough to keep it looking like that, but it is aesthetically pleasing to my eyes.
George Harrison sang, “All Things Must Pass.” And I feel like that’s so true of things as I’ve grown up. Online store profits beat those of brick-and-mortar stores. J.C. Penney’s and Woolworth’s are no longer household names. Napster was the IT music site back in the day. I do believe there will come a time when Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, and Google will eventually fade away and yield to something new and snappier. Vine died so that TikTok could live. Will anyone know what TikTok is in 20 years? I suppose we’ll just have to wait and see.
This Journey Is My Own 