This is your future. An inflatable snow man in the cube next to you.
It’s actually part of an elaborate cube prank my coworkers pulled on me today. I was greeted by an inflatable snowman in my cube, white sheets, blinking colorful lights, and a light up Santa on the wall. Welcome back!
As 2009 comes to an official close, there is no going back, only forward. I wrote a blog post on CaseyCheshire.com about how we need to remember our family and those not in social media.
Waterski the Web, a guide to the now web and staying ahead of the curve, also needs a 2010 article. I’m not a big fan of predicting the oncoming year as it’s been done by just about everyone. I’d like to make one quick point and then let you get the champagne ready for tonight:
In 2010, understanding of all things web will be a continuing journey not a destination.
It’s a Process not a Phd. And those with such degrees will relate to you the intense years of study/research as the process which matured their intellectual thinking. Some even skip their conferring ceremony as they’re already continuing the process with their PostDoc.
Just over 10 years ago we were experts in 14.4 and 28.8 modems as we dialed into America Online. Last night, I read a sidebar in a book on puppies published in 2001 about getting more information on their forum on AOL. No web address listed, rather: search for “puppy forum” to find us.
How things have changed! America Online has been bought, sold, reinvented, and helped itself become obsolete for the future.
Inflatable Snow Man Tie-in
If you stopped learning and evolving in 1995, you’d be way behind today. It’s just like turning off the air pump for the inflatable snow man. As soon as it’s off, that snow man gets a little sloppy. Before you know it, you’ve got a heap of nylon.
You’ve got to constantly feed your inflatable web brain. Whether it’s because you are in the profession or just a citizen of the united states of .com, staying at the front of the power curve will be critical to your future and continued success.
