I have spent almost the last two hours working on a post and then the screen went wight and then - poof, just like that, it was gone - it Keyser Soze'd and disappeared on me. I was working on Peakd where the draft is usually saved, but the disappearing act has happened a couple of times now and I am wondering if anyone else has had this happen and then - what's the feels?
This used to be a common occurrence back in the day and is why I moved my writing in Wordpress, where I ended up drafting thousands of posts, many of which are still sitting there unfinished. While frustrating to lose a couple hours work, it is all part of the digital territory, though I remember people getting very upset at these kinds of events, as if the bug or whatever caused it was a personal and targeted attack on them.
Technology is the animal it is and it can be a little unpredictable at times - but I think that we have come to rely so heavily on it and have become so accustomed to it being always available that we have forgotten what it is like to have to wait for something. With instant messaging, on-demand programming, 24-hour shopping, next-day delivery and information pouring in from all around the globe and into our eyeline as it happens - we no longer have to be patient for anything, no longer need to wait in anticipation. It is no wonder that when something negative happens, we are so quick to anger - no matter how slight the issue may be.
Lost words aren't the end of the world.
Taraz
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