I bring you proof that a geek can't change his spots. I came across some old blog entries from 2000, 2001 and 2002, back when I was experimenting with the concept (and Movable Type). Even then I loved the idea of self-publishing and content management systems. I didn't write too many entries, but I thought I thought I'd add them to Jasonian.
Of course, the topic of interest was the same as what it is now: technology and how people react to it. And they're written with what I like to think of as my trademark snarkiness.
- The Mac's strength is its usability
- Ultimate Re-cap: MacWorld Expo, San Francisco 2001
- Apple releases new machines
- One Airport deserves another
- Reasons to hate Microsoft (today)
- (Re-) Covering your Assests
- Media delays facts about Apple
- Love me, love my virus
- This Is Not Mac OS 9
- Pick a card, any card
What I find funny about some of these entries is how they feel like I could have written them yesterday. In Ultimate Re-cap, I wrote:
oohahh
The new MacBook Air? Nope, the original PowerBook G4 titanium, which measured up at a mere 1" thick.
Or in One Airport Deserves Another, written just two years after Apple released their first Airport-enabled Macs:
Although it hasn't become
quiteubiquitous, there are fewer and fewer places where you can't find a wireless hotspot.
There's the obligatory Microsoft bashing (Reasons to hate Microsoft (today)), the expected Apple defending (Media delays facts about Apple) and a rant or two (This Is Not Mac OS 9). There's even an early "Mac OS X sucks!" style entry (The Mac's strength is its usability):
... using Mac OS X feels like we've stepped into the Way-Back Machine, to a time before many of the problems of previous Mac OS incarnations were not fixed.... The interface's consistency has gone down the drain.
(This was written about the Mac OS X Public Beta; fortunately, the later versions of Mac OS X regularly improved on the interface consistency.)
Overall, these older entries show that the more things change, the more they stay the same. I hope you enjoy them.