This the billionth blog that I have started since I discovered e Web in 1993. At that time, I found a lot of things to post comments and observations about and even had a small following of strangers. I was young and had a few billion more brain cells and enthusiasm than today. In fact, some of my followers even commented on the wittiness of my observations.

Today, I find it harder and harder to put my thoughts down for the world to read. At first, I attributed my declining output to my hectic lifestyle. The reality seems to have been that my observations were irrelevant, or becoming more so on a daily basis. When I did post, the apparent sarcasm didn’t really disguise the underlying façile rants. My posting frequency gradually dwindled until it petered out altogether.

It all seemed for the good because social networks were beginning to flourish and it seemed that everyone had an opinion that they felt worth sharing with the world. When I stood back, I could see the game of life (that’s right, the computer simulation not reality!) being played out as the clustering began to emerge. What I couldn’t discern were the drivers, or attractors, for the clustering patterns. As social networking exploded more traditional activities began morphing.

To be continued…