I think some of these things that were certainly "of this era"
from a future point of view would be the BBS screens of the late
80s and 1990s, very nearly forgotten already. They look tacky
from today's POV, the bright colors of 1990s BBS and web have
given way to a more sophisticated, "clean" and professional
look. Web 2.0 era had some interesting progress in this area.
There was much beautiful work that was done in the hey dey of
blogging that was. But now,, in 2016, where are we? The screens
have shrunk down to pocket size: a lovely marvel for this era
and I couldn't be happier! We've returned to the telegraph then
enhanced it with nearly live video sharing services for greater
expression possibilities. Yet, it operates as a parallel
Internet in a sense. The needs of the mobile and the needs of
computer screens are often different. So, it's hard to say what
the future will bring in this area. Greater connectivity of
"people" has been the priority for a few years now - and that's
been wonderful and yet... much of the older Internet is already
gone or difficult to find. Well, that's another direction of
topic, less to do with style, but as the article mentioned past
and future, I can't help but think of the archeological aspect
of this all: Where will these very words be in 100 years? I put
them aside elsewhere. I have a website I copy/paste my facebook
writing into and then I back it up locally. Some people say "not
everything is worth saving", but I see no reason why it couldn't
be. Where are are we really right now and how we might want to
make our mark for the future?[1]fair94-ans
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