Imagine if you were a singer in the 1960s, someone who started in the 50's, like Cliff. Looking forward to a decade or more of performing, then retiring. Then, the Beatles! So what do you do? Curl up in a ball and pretend it's not happening ? But it's music! Yes, it was easier for Cliff Richard in 1961 when there were no Beatles or Rolling Stones. But it's the new music and it's good. So you try to understand it and learn from it. And adapt.
It's like that with Software. You may think you can't learn from people who are younger than you? You're wrong. So of course I use Facebook. Because it's a fixture in 2015. It will heavily influence new systems in the decades to come. And I'm trying to make some of those. So I need to be influenced if I want to be part of the future.
That's why I use it, and if you don't and you're serious about the internet, you're wrong.
-Dave Winer and me.
Cliff is still performing occasionally, and so am I.
Interesting, the Web beats film (and soon TV!) (See Netflix, Youtube)
Happy Birthday noch einmal to me, so far so good!
"To win through by sheer force of genius is one thing; to survive and continue to create when every last door is slammed in one’s face is another. Nobody acquires genius — it is God-given. But one can acquire patience, fortitude, wisdom, understanding. Perhaps the greatest gift [is] to love what one does whether it causes a stir or not."
-Henry Miller
Shortly after his eightieth birthday, Henry Miller wrote a beautiful essay on the subject of aging and the key to living a full life. It was published in 1972 in an ultra-limited-edition book titled On Turning Eighty (public library), alongside two other essays. Only 200 copies were printed, numbered and signed by the author. Unfortunately in 1972 I wasn't clever enough to buy one.
