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software
February 07, 2006
there are people alone, here in the coffeeshop, working on their notebook computers. one furiously writing code. one editing images in photoshop. i can catch glimpses of their lives, their lives in this moment, from my ability to recognize the software they're running.
i am surrounded by couples. getting to know each other, comfortable with each other. coffee, beer, water, one couple playing an on-line role-playing game, their notebook computers back-to-back. a local musician and her girlfriend.
i can catch glimpses of their lives, their lives in this moment, from my ability to recognize the software they're running.
i am running movable type 6 point something, a blogging program. i am writing about their lives, and that is the life that is mine in this moment. it is the software i'm running.
Posted by Rob at February 7, 2006 09:42 PM