10 Zillion Light Years
Let God’s love shine within, to save our evil souls…
I was just back from work, I wrote some awesome observations about it and went off to find a previous post that ran similarly in tone and attitude, and I ended up wiping out all those pearls of wisdom by not saving it before going to the next browser window. It’s probably in cache somewhere here, but I’m not going to go find it now…
Anyway, that article is from here, May 19th, 2005. Whew! Here I am coming across with just about the same lame excuses.
I don’t really let go here much, on this blog, but I had written a few paragraphs that nailed the reality of waiting tables during Christmas time, when you’re bringing large groups of people together under the umbrella of being “team members” for their respective companies.
I’ve thanked God I got their business; but on the other hand, they sure are “pains-in-the-ass!”
Ah! But that’s the challenge of being a good waiter. Learn how to be obsequious, yet invisible. The expectations were anticipated and met with 100% satisfaction.
Champagne!
They’re festooned about the room. Their purpose is validated. They laid their credit cards out and asked to be shown the last word in hospitality. Of course, they do have to pay an 18% gratuity, whether they felt the waiter was good or not. (And yes, that does include the expensive wines! You DO have to tip on that too!)
So, looking back at the post more than a year ago, and this one now, things haven’t changed much, and yet, they really have. I know a lot more today than I did a year ago, and the website I’m building for John is a different one than the one I was piecing together way back then.
I’m still a waiter. I’m still a wanna-be-webdeveloper; but the web shifted paradigms a few times. We’re now pronouncing the benefits of Web 2.0 and gearing up for the next stepping-stone: Web 3.0, which we can’t even really wrap our heads around yet. If Time magazine pastes a mirror on their cover and calls us the “Person of the Year”, then we’d better accept the nomination graciously and take charge of the situation. Social bookmarking, “tagging” as it were, this folksonomy supplants our user experience.
Where can Web 3.0 evolve? We’re learning to use this tool (the Internet) to craft our community. We have harnessed the power of mass media. Can we make our lives easier by applying what we’ve learned? How much closer can we (comfortably) be?
Nao faz mal o que vai acontecer daqui pra frente?
The Bird of Beauty of the Sky.
