Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
If you follow any economic and career news (and I'm assuming you do as you read this blog) we hear a lot about the "new normal" – what's now normal after the economic crash and changes in the world economy, and how the new normal is different from the old normal.
What I hate about this term getting tossed about is that it's done so very generally – THIS is the new Normal, THAT is the New Normal, etc. Everything is the New Normal.
We've been seeing a lot of the Everything wars lately. I've started to formulate a theory that there may be more to them than just plain corporate competition.
For those of you new to the blog, the Everything Wars is what Bonnie and I call the big battle between major tech/media companies going on now. The central players are Google, Microsoft, and Apple, but they tangentially involve Amazon, Sony, Nintendo, and others. Basically everyone is horning in on everyone's territory right now.
I probably seem rather positive about assorted geeky careers and fannish jobs in a terrible economy. This may seem odd considering my many dire warnings about careers and a double-dip recession, but I actually am.
I am positive on video games, manga, comics, multimedia, fantasy sports, etc.
Why am I so positive?