More on Social Networking

Just as enterprises and communications vendors enthusiastically embrace social networking into their product base comes the backlash. Starting to see articles about the 20 something generation giving up on Twitter and Facebook. Too demanding (duh!). Why would anyone want to spend their day constantly checking Facebook or Twittering their breakfast? Who would want to follow such drivel?

And some young folks are starting to figure it out... there is a life beyond communications immediacy. They are giving it up.

Wonder if it has anything to do with the revival of vinyl records... Yep, lots of releases, found even in mainstream stores such as Fred Meyer, on record... real records! CDs are dead, downloads are dying. Vinyl lives! Curious.

Personally, I have nothing against CDs. I have tons of old records and no matter how well cared for, they still provide annoying clicks, pops, and wear. Of course, CDs, perfect forever, are exploited by producers using every computer trick in the book to mangle digital data into overly compressed and squashed dynamic range music releases that tire the ears by the second cut.

No wonder the flight from digital music. Analog sources (reel to reel tape has an enthusiastic following as well) are just more comfortable to listen to, noise issues aside.

I'm waiting for my Princess phone to command a premium price on Ebay. Cell phones and VoIP with their interference and drop outs are doomed to their own backlash as analog phone lines and equipment become prized possessions.