MySpace

04/10/2006

The question was asked, “Do you have a MySpace?” My answer – nope. The world of MySpace is like looking at some kids messy bedroom. Most of the time, I can’t stand it.

My main problem with MySpace is the graphic design. By allowing it’s users to design their own sites, MySpace has become unreadable. The colors… the content… the poorly compressed pictures… fonts… size… layout… it’s all done so poorly. It makes me think that in this day in age, we need to start teaching basic design principles in elementary school such as not putting text over very active backgrounds and pictures.

As for me, I have only found one useful thing about MySpace. The ability to search for kids that went to your high school or college. I have caught up on what former classmates are up to these days. In this aspect, it’s fascinating. But then I have to see their poorly designed MySpace page in which I have to copy the text and paste it into a text document just in order to read it.

When you give the users what they want, they end up just making a mess of it.

  1. dan says...
    Apr 10, 12:07 PM

    Mattchew. A similar post has been floating through my head. But…I think we are getting old. At this rate, we probably would have missed the internet craze – “too wild” “unstructured” “porn” “bad design” and “curse words” – said in a crotchedy old voice. So now the challenge for us…hmmm is to invade myspace with beautifully made pages??? The future is bright.

  2. vance says...
    Apr 10, 12:40 PM

    So the youngsters can read the myspace? Maybe the local Hot Topic sells special translation glasses or they set their browser font size to 20 or something, because i feel the same way matt. Yeah, were getting old i suppose.

  3. Josh says...
    Apr 11, 02:20 PM

    I had a Myspace account. Then my conscience got the better of me and I had to take myself out of the system. Nothing is scarier than the “facelessness” of self promotion/decimation through the creation of cyberspace apersonalities (besides maybe the fact that suddenly, out of nowhere, someone who you haven’t thought about for the past 6 or so years and, quite frankly, wouldn’t mind ever talking to again can contact you at the touch of a button.)
    So I did what any man with a unsettled conscience does when faced with such a morally compromising paradox…I adopted a pseudonym. Now I’m back on Myspace, somewhere as someone other than myself.
    ...and I agree, people “flower” up their personal pages a bit too much. But its typical of a generation that spends so much on the packaging rather than investing in the contents…

  4. Jared says...
    Apr 11, 03:07 PM

    Josh what about facebook?

  5. Matt says...
    Apr 11, 03:16 PM

    Hey Josh – congrats on the boy! He looks just like his father.

  6. huff says...
    Apr 12, 10:20 AM

    a.) Josh—a baby! congradulations. precious kiddo.
    b.) i have a myspace. i don’t really like myspace at all, as it’s far less personal that say, xanga, or having your own weblog. but i have to admit, i’m all about online reality. i actually went through a week-long period of mourning when i couldn’t have a facebook because i can’t access my college email any longer.

    no kidding. i was devistated.

    i don’t associate my myspace with the slutty or overwhelmingly disgusting myspaces that are out there. it’s just a way to keep up with old friends, mostly.

    and of course, judge my online popularity:)

  7. Josh says...
    Apr 12, 01:28 PM

    oh yeah. thanks Jared. I completely forgot I’m out there on facebook.
    However, there is a safety bumper that makes me comfortable with facebook. No one can view my profile unless they are my ‘friend’ or ‘one of my contacts’.
    The whole idea of cyberspace ‘space’ freaks me out, but its the way of the future and I have to find a way to justify this whole ‘computer age’ in which we live or else I’ll end up a recluse somewhere in Idaho (which actually doesn’t sound like too bad of an idea.)
    For all the blessings that the information age bestows it offers an equal hand of curses. Curses that scare me to death but I don’t think a boycott of today’s technology and communication is going to help to remedy any of it’s illnesses. So I keep writing on Matt’s page, in faith, hope that I will not be exploited or that my identity will not be co-opted by computer technology.
    Thank you all for the congrats. James Arthur (or Jameson, as I call him) is good, healthy, a real Manchild! This is love at a whole new level (unworldly love at that) so I’m still riding the clouds right now.
    He’s the spittin’ image (for better or for worse)...the ladies love him already so he’s doing alright.
    Cheers,
    Josh

    Matt, I have to get a few papers done before the start of May and then I’ll be able to sit down and get you those intros to the Dunk Videos. I’m truly sorry for the delay…things are Helter Skelter up here till the summertime

  8. Matt says...
    Apr 12, 02:35 PM

    Good to know Jameson is healthy!

    Sarah really started to feel the baby move last night…right after I turned on a show about the Beastie Boys! Sarah claims the baby can’t hear the Beastie Boys, but I think the kid knows…

    No worries on the intros for the Dunk Videos. I know you’ll get them to me when you can. I was just able to finally capture all those old videos this week. We had some funny times…

  9. josh says...
    Apr 12, 03:57 PM

    The Beastie Boys! YES! do you know if its a boy or a girl?
    James used get real rowdy in Laura’s stomach when I played Black Sabbath’s “Ironman” in the car. He also favors the talkbox solo on the live version of Peter Frampton’s “Do You Feel Like We do?”.

  10. Matt says...
    Apr 12, 05:05 PM

    We find out in June if it has a penis or not…


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