the latebloomer

i think the age of the 3.5-inch floppy disk has ended.

its not that people won’t be buying diskettes anytime soon, its just that for office drones like most of us, it has become more convenient to use a flash disk (or have at least one) or exploit yahoo messenger to send files (from word to pagemaker to photos to powerpoint slides, etc), YM being the same yahoo service for office drones seeking small and quick online chat with friends amid toxic surroundings.

i even consider the flashdisk as the greatest invention since the computer and the cellphone. its just so small yet packs a lot. almost like david taking on a thousand of goliaths in documents, office stuff and even personal ones.

the only problem probably is that its slim and sleek, and can easily be lost by a person with no sense of organizing stuff inside his or her bag (like me) or tend to leave things, big or small, anywhere and forgets about it afterwards (like me).

nevertheless, such has been the benefits that we’re no longer captives of floppy disks that suddenly gets corrupted, or what may be called a sudden unnatural death.

of course for the well-off, every office task has been made easy by present technological implements from the all-around cellphone (almost like a computer in the shape of a phone) to the ever-convenient laptop, digital organizers and others.

but for the ordinary netizen, the flashdisk is enough. its almost like having a walk-in closet all at the size of a lighter.

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