A lot of late-night activity yesterday in the domainer blogosphere.
Incredible as it may seem, Shane of DomainShane.com kept a long distance runner’s strategy on the rest of us. Owen Frager, Rick Schwartz, Fusible and I, we all finished last in the Domaining.com ratings. A job well done, my virtual hat’s off to you, Shane.
And such is life. You focus on one thing that you have an advantage on and you need to keep an eye on it without getting distracted.
So I admit it, I fell prey to Owen’s initial rant while I should have ignored both the typo of my name and the content. After all, one can write about their innermost pain in their blog and be composed about it; that’s what Rick Schwartz did with the beautiful stories dedicated to the loss of his cat. By displaying a humane, non-digital side of his, Rick removed his shield for a while. And for that alone, he should be praised and respected.
I also saw Owen’s point of view – that of a technology transient who reminisces about the good old days of analog past. And that should be respected, especially since us younger ones never had the luxury to witness things the way they once were. Some of us were lucky enough to experience the transition from the “old world” to the “new era”, be it in computers or society or ethics – but since we are younger in age we missed the golden era of marketing that Owen often references in his posts.
Things change, the world evolves – sometimes for the better, other times for the worse. In retrospect, I’d rather be at school still, carefree and oblivious of the Big World out there. My teachers warned me not to rush growing up but I didn’t listen.
The timeline of life wasn’t chosen by anyone; we can’t live it twice and we definitely can’t rewrite the past. History is simply that: a recorded portion of someone else’s timeline. Sometimes, we cross paths with history as it will be recorded for the future generations but for the most part we are here, on this planet, simply to make the best out of our lives.
Running along with Owen, Rick, Shane and the rest of the domain gang is definitely worth it.
All of you guys make great contributions. Like Rick says, we all need to work together, not against each others. Cheers to all the domainers out there.
My 2 Cents:
what Mike Sullivan said.
Nice post. I’m a gen-xer myself & I didn’t see the way things were in the early days of the net. I do have a firm grasp on the way things are now thought and a good part of my strategy is always looking for clues on how things will be. Back in the nineties I was getting high & looking for p*ssy. It was a strange time to be a teenager. I wasn’t really looking for opportunities in life, but enjoying the fact that I was clueless. There’s a lot to be said for anyone in this business who has found success, no matter how old you are or what you were doing in the 90s.
Cheers to all!
I grew up as the first TV generation, watching TV since birth, 1950.
I have been through analog TV, PC’s since day one, BBS era. You name it.
The old timers in the domainer crowd have the edge since we have been places and done things. We write some stuff and stir up some folks, just to make em think.
Success, failure and everything in between made us what we are. As for me? ElectricCollage.com tells part of my story.
But, we really like to hear the younger guy’s opinions and rants. They add some spice to the meal.
Domaining and Internet development is the result of many years of work for some of us, me included.
I love it. Keep it coming.
Kudos on a thoughtful post.