So What?

Some days it doesn't pay to get excited about new things.

Doesn't pay, that is, if by "pay" I mean that others share in my excitement.

When I discover something new, a new tool, a new way of doing something, I tend to want to share that discovery/excitement with others. When that new thing is related to a somewhat esoteric technological system, like MOO programming for instance, I suppose I shouldn't really be surprised if most of the people around me do not share the excitement.

At least I would hope that other people who use the same system might be able to use it too.

Working with Virtual World systems, especially relatively archaic ones like MOOs, which are designed to be shared and used by others, means that if nobody uses them there is no feedback. It is literally like tossing ones work out to sea in a bottle, hoping somebody finds it.

My enjoyment of working with these systems should remain even if nobody else ever uses it.

I guess that is the key, as long as I am interested in it then it is worth my time to pursue.  If other people subsequently have a use for the stuff I'm doing that is great too.

I'll just keep right on sending those bottles out on the Cyber Sea.

Hopefully you will find something here worth your time as well.

Thanks for reading.
KJ