Everyone used to listen to *NSYNC...*NYSYNC used to be the group that every kid loved when they were a kid; I listened to *NSYNC and every once in a while, I listen to some of that music off of Spotify. This time I am listening to these guys and those guys are futuristic.
They have trends in music that are emerging back in the 2000 era that will be cool about 2015 or 2020. I can see the beat is starting to be popular, a dubstep influence in some of their songs such as The Game is Over and the autotune influence with Digital Get Down with the futuristic drum and bass influences, that will be popular in music in the future. They look ahead in the future and they have a bunch of optimism.
*NSYNC was very corporate, but it has a great sound for Generation Z. Robin Thicke is starting to have influences from *NSYNC and there are many other influences for NSYNC that are emerging sounds. Don't underrate these guys. They may be the cheesy boy band from the late 1990s-2000s era which was a very happy go lucky era, almost to the level of 1950s Americana. *NSYNC has influences from new wave, funk, and even the old school stuff from about way back then, such as the 1950s doo wop. WORD!!! I listened to *NSYNC and they are inspirational, and they are going to be cool even today. Justin Timberlake did have a big album comeback in 2013 and I have a feeling that *NSYNC Is still relevant and they are going to return.
Friday, September 27, 2013
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Lifestyle changes
I am noticing a change in the lifestyle in which people are living in the last few years. Now the economy has started to bust loose again, but this time we had learned our lesson from the Great Recession and we are starting to revamp the way that we were living.
Before the Great Recession, people were very materialistic. Everything was about the house, the car, the bling, etc. This has been going since the late 1980s and it was a continuous economic boom in the 1990s and the 2000s. But about 2008, that ended and it was a major shift in the lifestyle.
One thing that started about 2009 or so was the rise of social media and the social world - people are starting to use smartphones and tablets more often, and the internet was gradually starting to get more mobile and wireless. Computers were confined to work in the 1990s, while in the 2000s they were common in the home, and by the 2010s - computer like things are everywhere, which means you don't have to be attached to a computer. People are still using desktops and laptops - servers still exist but it looks like we are going to a less wired internet and computing structure into a wireless computing structure that is going to be everywhere. Social media is changing a way we live - we are keeping track of people and celebrities all the time, and it is changing the way we do business - feedback from social media is really important right now.
The 1950s was a time when a lifestyle change happened before. After world war II, everything was starting to center around the home and around the TV set. Sunday afternoons and evenings were spent watching TV shows. This TV lifestyle has been going on until the beginning of the 21st century - you worked out and you went home to just chill and relax.
But about the 2000s, people started to flock to the web for entertainment and the entertainment got pretty boring. Now we have Wi-Fi access everywhere with Netflix so you don't have to watch TV in the living room anymore; you can watch movies and TV anywhere with Wi-Fi, so we are not going to have a TV centered lifestyle. Now it looks like you go up town and have fun, and it is cool to "check in" where you are going. This "check in" lifestyle is probably changing the way you live - people are starting to\ work and go to school outside of their homes and they are chillin' uptown; it looks like there is a flip-flip in the way you live. You are not going to be centered around the home for relaxation; now you are going to connect with other people for fun - your immediate family, relatives, and co-workers are not that important, and now it just random people in the community. Community events and community hang outs are going to be common - a lot of people are going to be hanging out in the local gyms, swimming pools, football fields, etc. You can get access to the Web anywhere with a data plan or Wi-Fi that you don't really need to be this lonely computer geek. I see lots of things such as spaghetti supper fundraiser type things where people can eat together and meet new people. Community is going to be a lot more important than just your job - networking is going to be a must right now and we are starting to see a comeback of friendship.
I think I am going to like the new lifestyle - I am not confined to the computer in my room chatting with weird people across the world or writing this blog - now the internet is being used everywhere and that is changing the way we live.
Before the Great Recession, people were very materialistic. Everything was about the house, the car, the bling, etc. This has been going since the late 1980s and it was a continuous economic boom in the 1990s and the 2000s. But about 2008, that ended and it was a major shift in the lifestyle.
One thing that started about 2009 or so was the rise of social media and the social world - people are starting to use smartphones and tablets more often, and the internet was gradually starting to get more mobile and wireless. Computers were confined to work in the 1990s, while in the 2000s they were common in the home, and by the 2010s - computer like things are everywhere, which means you don't have to be attached to a computer. People are still using desktops and laptops - servers still exist but it looks like we are going to a less wired internet and computing structure into a wireless computing structure that is going to be everywhere. Social media is changing a way we live - we are keeping track of people and celebrities all the time, and it is changing the way we do business - feedback from social media is really important right now.
The 1950s was a time when a lifestyle change happened before. After world war II, everything was starting to center around the home and around the TV set. Sunday afternoons and evenings were spent watching TV shows. This TV lifestyle has been going on until the beginning of the 21st century - you worked out and you went home to just chill and relax.
But about the 2000s, people started to flock to the web for entertainment and the entertainment got pretty boring. Now we have Wi-Fi access everywhere with Netflix so you don't have to watch TV in the living room anymore; you can watch movies and TV anywhere with Wi-Fi, so we are not going to have a TV centered lifestyle. Now it looks like you go up town and have fun, and it is cool to "check in" where you are going. This "check in" lifestyle is probably changing the way you live - people are starting to\ work and go to school outside of their homes and they are chillin' uptown; it looks like there is a flip-flip in the way you live. You are not going to be centered around the home for relaxation; now you are going to connect with other people for fun - your immediate family, relatives, and co-workers are not that important, and now it just random people in the community. Community events and community hang outs are going to be common - a lot of people are going to be hanging out in the local gyms, swimming pools, football fields, etc. You can get access to the Web anywhere with a data plan or Wi-Fi that you don't really need to be this lonely computer geek. I see lots of things such as spaghetti supper fundraiser type things where people can eat together and meet new people. Community is going to be a lot more important than just your job - networking is going to be a must right now and we are starting to see a comeback of friendship.
I think I am going to like the new lifestyle - I am not confined to the computer in my room chatting with weird people across the world or writing this blog - now the internet is being used everywhere and that is changing the way we live.
Friday, September 6, 2013
The life of a "socially awkward loner"
I am not saying that I am a complete weirdo or anything like that, but sometimes I do have these awkward moments where I feel like I am a "loner" or something like that. I understand that everyone wants to be alone at some time, but basically I turned into this guy that likes to isolate himself for some odd reasons.
I have the ability to make friends, and I had made some pretty good friends, but you don't see me out there partying and doing all that stuff. I am not the type to cause trouble or any of that stuff - I seem to be a pretty sane guy.
I did have some friends out in elementary school, and most of my friends in elementary school were girls. But it looks like when I got into 7th or 8th grade, I started to change. My friends started to dwindle and I started to become this lonely kid. I was starting to feel like I don't fit and who do I fit with, and I was starting to feel like I was unliked person. I think in middle school and in elementary school, I was sort of an aggressive person that said mean things, or I don't know. It might be something.
I started hanging out with this other awkward guy like me and it looks like it just clicked - we just did some stupid stuff together. The two misfits that everyone walked around and we didn't care. At least it was working out and things were working out. But eventually, I wanted to become cool and wanted to be part of the "cool gang" like any other kids, and to get out of this misfit persona. I was this kid that was picked on because I was one of these "misfits" that were trying to act cool but really I wasn't.
There were a lot of awkward moments in high school but they seem to be figured out eventually. I started to make friends my junior year in high school just when my mom decided I needed to change my clothes and to change my act, and started to dump my misfitty buddies, but eventually the misfit in me was starting to come back.
I know I can be pretty cool if I want to but I don't get why I am turning into this "misfitty" kid. Maybe acting cool requires a lot of effort and it takes away your creativity - you have to go along with certain standards, dress a certain way, act a certain way, and you can't express yourself. It looks like we are starting to enter an era of conformity, especially with the kids that are about my age, and maybe it is time to accept the conformity.
College was a time of awkwardness and I still feel awkward. I think it is a lot easier to go back to my misfit roots instead of following the rules. I think I am starting to feel a sense of freedom or something when I am not confined to a group, but I want to be part of a group too. It is hard to find some people you can quirk around with and act stupid, and don't have to follow the rules, etc. It looks like the college students these days are pretty conformist and follow the pack, and it looks like I have been a little bit behind. It is probably me finding my beliefs and what the heck, might as well go along with everyone else and stop quirking around and acting like a dork. I was trying to be this guy that is different that everyone is starting to think I was weird, but I am really not. Maybe I should go along with people and suck up, start kissing up a little bit more
I have the ability to make friends, and I had made some pretty good friends, but you don't see me out there partying and doing all that stuff. I am not the type to cause trouble or any of that stuff - I seem to be a pretty sane guy.
I did have some friends out in elementary school, and most of my friends in elementary school were girls. But it looks like when I got into 7th or 8th grade, I started to change. My friends started to dwindle and I started to become this lonely kid. I was starting to feel like I don't fit and who do I fit with, and I was starting to feel like I was unliked person. I think in middle school and in elementary school, I was sort of an aggressive person that said mean things, or I don't know. It might be something.
I started hanging out with this other awkward guy like me and it looks like it just clicked - we just did some stupid stuff together. The two misfits that everyone walked around and we didn't care. At least it was working out and things were working out. But eventually, I wanted to become cool and wanted to be part of the "cool gang" like any other kids, and to get out of this misfit persona. I was this kid that was picked on because I was one of these "misfits" that were trying to act cool but really I wasn't.
There were a lot of awkward moments in high school but they seem to be figured out eventually. I started to make friends my junior year in high school just when my mom decided I needed to change my clothes and to change my act, and started to dump my misfitty buddies, but eventually the misfit in me was starting to come back.
I know I can be pretty cool if I want to but I don't get why I am turning into this "misfitty" kid. Maybe acting cool requires a lot of effort and it takes away your creativity - you have to go along with certain standards, dress a certain way, act a certain way, and you can't express yourself. It looks like we are starting to enter an era of conformity, especially with the kids that are about my age, and maybe it is time to accept the conformity.
College was a time of awkwardness and I still feel awkward. I think it is a lot easier to go back to my misfit roots instead of following the rules. I think I am starting to feel a sense of freedom or something when I am not confined to a group, but I want to be part of a group too. It is hard to find some people you can quirk around with and act stupid, and don't have to follow the rules, etc. It looks like the college students these days are pretty conformist and follow the pack, and it looks like I have been a little bit behind. It is probably me finding my beliefs and what the heck, might as well go along with everyone else and stop quirking around and acting like a dork. I was trying to be this guy that is different that everyone is starting to think I was weird, but I am really not. Maybe I should go along with people and suck up, start kissing up a little bit more
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