Poking Friendster goodbye | Part 2: The end of an era

The end of Friendster signals the end of an era. Its end gives us a hint of what real-life is. It is embellished with change as the only thing consistent this journey that we call life. It is the end of an era because it signals the end of some notable things that I believe I am not alone when it comes to encounter that I had back when I was still active there.

Poking Friendster goodbye | Part 1: Committing to memory

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.” - C. S. Lewis

Two years ago the tattered remnants of Friendster was sold to a Malaysian company, which announced this week that Friendster will be re-launched as an entertainment site — and will delete all user information. All those pictures, testimonials, and featured friends will be lost to history.

The year was 2003, and the site was Friendster, but it wasn’t until 2004 when I decided to create an account right after I started writing for my first blog. It was through Friendster that I was able to get in touch with my long lost elementary and high school classmates, it was there that I got re-acquainted with people that I haven’t seen for a long time. But over time, the former trailblazer was overtaken by Facebook, and users deserted by the millions –I was among those who left Friendster because all my friends there have already moved to Facebook.

The news of Friendster’s upcoming re-launch signals the end of an era for me because bequeaths us with the sudden realization that our personal lives online, memories that once ended up in scrapbooks are now in the custody of companies that might disappear tomorrow. It signals an end to an era, for veteran internet users and social networkers who've leapfrogged from Friendster to Multiply to Myspace to Facebook to Twitter.

As I await for the end for Friendster I would be writing, a series of blogs that I hope will help us come to grips with Friendster's demise. I would like to invite you to share also about your memories of the once loved social network at the comments section of this blog.

Here's to good memories...

Online stuff on the works

anyways this is somewhat a productive week for me since i've done a lot of online modifications to the Greenpeace Southeast Asia website primarily in the look and feel of the front page whereupon after getting some timely suggestions from folks here in the office i was able to make it less static and more up to date with the current web design trends in the Greenpeace planet.

also i've just jumpstarted my new online pet project called Buzz Light Year Terrorizes Toontown, where it features a homicidal Buzz Lightyear wreaking havoc on toontown and beating up Spiderman, the Justice League and a host of other super-powered and not so super-powered beings.

plus there's this DeathToPuberty MySpace account which i'm not yet good at troubleshooting since i'm a wee friendster patron. but please do check it out and please add us if you so happened to have a myspace account.

lastly the local church that i attend Grace Bible Church has officially given me the responsibility to become its webmaster and right now i've already migrated it with a CMS (content management system) hopefully this would make a good tool for spreading the gospel unto all nations.

i guess its time for this geek to log off and shut up...

see you again :)