#microsoft
In Cyberland, Microsoft is King
And we all pray to Google.
There is an Apple Resistance,
And Yahoo keeps on yelling,
But Microsoft is King.
Where did Jeeves go?
Remember him, you oldies?
A smiling Hitchcock fatty
You could ask things.
Remember Bebo and MySpace too.
But now we Snapchat through the day
And ask folk WhatsApp.
All in an Instagram.
(My Custom Dictionary
Is filling with new words).
So now it’s time for Tik Tok.
(See what I did there?)
That’s if the Americans allow it!
And much more no doubt.
Instagram Gratification
Flashing images
And clips.
No time for tedious talking
On landline phones
Or, heaven forbid,
Face to face conversation.
Writing – or rather typing – too is clipped
With lols & rofls & tbfs.
Lazy language
Tweets in textese
Fast and fleeting.
Facebook Funnies
With bouncy banter.
As a loyal subject of Cyberland
I do confess
To many an hour
Sifting through Facebook Memories
Even improving old posts
With coloured backgrounds
And sharper edits.
Addictive Internet indeed.
Yet
In years to come
Will we laugh loudly
At the mention of Google
And all the names I’ve said
Like we snigger at Bebo, MySpace
And Nokia Mobiles now?
The tsunami of technological change
Sweeps over our heads
Smashing the past:
Leading us
To who knows where.
For better or worse
Who can say?
Wherever we are going,
We are well on the way.
Paul Butters
© PB 17\9\2020.
Sep 17, 2020
Sep 17, 2020 at 5:01 AM UTC
I am not micro soft
I have full access
to excel
as a publisher
My outlook
does not sway
I am a hot male
Let's interconnect
Paint a picture
from my visual studio
It's in the works
do you see my power point?
I have more than one drive
There are teams of forums
that share one note
inside my power shell
Time to connect
at the edge
I azure you
Lets groove to the music
WORD!
Aug 27, 2018
Aug 27, 2018 at 10:40 AM UTC
Technology is a speck in my eye that I have to address
If I have one more thing to check I’m gonna get upset
This speck is growing - it’s causing me undue stress
My mind is swirling, but I’m still obsessed
I want to take a break from this mess
Social media **** addiction
Life is a mirror I’m just a reflection
The real I isn’t found in this prism
How many accounts do I need?
How many times should I tweet?
Why do people not like me or my posts when I post a selfie?
How come people don’t comment when I say help me?
Countless minds all kept at bay
Wrapped up like gifts on Christmas day
Follow me, says Steve – love Technology
Just don’t do like I do - because I don’t believe
Buy what I’m selling you, it’s called peace of mind
Here, take another hit, it will blow your mind!
Jobs is a dealer we’re all buyers
But **** it, I’m done feeling so dire!
Stuck in the mire, weird desires
I want my mind back - I want to re-acquire it
Psychological bullets rain their gunfire
I just want to be free – just want to be me
How do I get out of the tech penalty line?
Which course should I take which number is mine?
Never immune but I want to dance to a different tune
So, goodbye tech, goodbye world, goodbye “life”, hello soul!
Apr 9, 2018
Apr 9, 2018 at 10:47 AM UTC
*We are going
to give you
everything you want.*
*Everything you have
ever desired; needed.
All of it.*
*Machines to work,
software to guide
Government to cradle.*
*We will make
this world perfect
just for you.*
*No one special
unique, talented, better
than anyone else.*
* *A Status Quo
that will reign
a thousand years!* *
-The Nazis' Party.
Google
Apple
Microsoft
Motorola
AIG
Darpa
Intel
Oracle
NYSE
Sep 11, 2017
Sep 11, 2017 at 8:01 PM UTC
*'Imagine A Brave New World.
Where all tyranny rests
inside a crypt named "Constitution,"
and Communism becomes America's ideal.'*
Bringing
Everything
Altogether
S ocially
Technologically
Oh brave new world,
such a strange old place...
huckster's abound
for the sleeping awake.
ta
keen
sum
si't
Aug 22, 2017
Aug 22, 2017 at 10:07 PM UTC
Is anyone reading this,
Staring into Microsoft's abyss,
Wondering: is this why we exist?
May 2, 2017
May 2, 2017 at 9:54 AM UTC
Gates climb
News and paraphernalia
Modern communication
Internet on vacation
Today, rural Australia
Goes awol in valleys, hills
As seeking when hiding
Frustration biding
Trees, various pitfalls
An Insufficient population
Say Cannot build towers
Excuses bely hours
Trying, for connection
Work with what's known
Try cavalier solutions
It's the execution
When, creativity shown
First try computer waving
Above head I'm shaking
Signal not taking
Despite, the swaying
Next option lying on floor
Hint of access, fleeting
Patchy greeting
So slow, won't store
Then stand on top of bed
Try to reach high ceiling
Wobbly feeling
Response, still lead
Despite heat, go outside
The temperature violent
Connection silent
If Home far, just beside
Time past, similarly stung
Found access best rate
The paddock gate
Balancing, top rung
Troop to gate hopes keen
As Searing heat, metal
Stand and settle
Tightly, cradle machine
Process long, time lost
A Connection success
Finally access
But who, counts cost?
Eventually, its loaded mail
As Balancing hold keen
Humorous scene
As Sway, in light pale
Internet access by Gates
Not Bill, Steve, Microsoft
Hung steel aloft
So basic, surely debates
Climbing for a signal now
Is the practical response
Sadly ensconced
As Rural, area know how
But surely it must be time
When access essential
Internet critical
Yet today, gates climb
Jan 17, 2015
Jan 17, 2015 at 7:45 PM UTC