Social Media Updates : A Boon or Bane

I am huge fan of updates. But the application update I did on Friday the 24^th February morning changed my life. Hell, yes, I am talking about the WhatsApp new update which is making it look like Snapchat. FYI, I never had a Snapchat account and I rarely use my Instagram account. So, looking at the update message on WhatsApp. I hastily updated and regretting now. I loved the status option WhatsApp had. Not only me, many of friends exploited that feature for a very long time.

Snapchat introduced the concept of ephemeral messaging but on the other hand WhatsApp is forcing onto people ephemeral messaging. I am well acquainted with the fact that all our lives are ephemeral but 40-60-character freedom is all I asked for.

“But then, as she knew too well, the more fondly we imagine something will last forever, the more ephemeral it often proves to be.”
– Iain M. Banks

In good old days, WhatsApp was my life saviour, it had instant messaging, people received the voice and video call feature with welcoming hands. I personally liked the document sharing option and WhatsApp for web. Recently as part of my master course work, I was studying about the technology of message passing and how efficiently WhatsApp uses it; I was awestruck.  On the very day on which I had to give an exam on this same concept, WhatsApp just disappoints me.

So, coming to the part that changed my life. Now WhatsApp has become a big turn-off for me. The photo status column is taking a huge portion on the screen and I am loathing it big time. (I am not aware of the exact jargon for the status feature.)

So, blessing in disguise, I am spending relatively less time on WhatsApp.

Nostalgic Week

This week was full of nostalgia as I went home for holidays. This was a much-needed break. I had fun time with my childhood friends. I could meet some in person and some digitally. (Thanks to hassle-free WhatsApp video calling and good 4g internet connection.)

The Greek word for “return” is nostos. Algos means “suffering.” So, nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.”  It’s not just me, the whole world is suffering from “Nostalgia Fever” these days.

I am referring to two trending news; Nokia Nostalgia Tech and Duck Tales Reboot

Nokia Nostalgia Tech

At Mobile World Congress trade show, Nokia decided to bring back a better version of 3310 model. I read somewhere online that people were interested in buying just so that they could play the legendary ‘Snake Game’. It has a camera, a screen, it plays music, runs apps and games, internet; everything a smartphone can do. Hence the world is ready to try out this retro tech, and about me I feel am too good to carry two phones around.

Duck Tales Reboot

DUCK-TALES, OOOoooOOoo!

There is something about the theme songs, one can never forget them even after years.
Disney is bringing back a beloved 90’s cartoon, Duck Tales. This is about Huey, Duey and Louie, on an adventure with their mysterious Billionaire Uncle Scrooge. I loved this show and I remember watching it in Hindi. We are three siblings in the house and I used to find this quite relatable.
Hope the series airs sooner and I get to see it in Hindi.

All thanks to Social Media, people seem to get nostalgic about a lot of things they weren’t so crazy about the first time around.

Zuerst Post

Hello, World !!
I am Deep whose mind many a time wanders into a peaceful reverie. I am a female in 20’s trying to find a purpose of life in this chaotic world. I like books, music, and movies in that order.
I am trying to keep my first post as simple as possible. So why Zuerst? I am not a German but I am currently reading the book “The Book Thief ” by Markus Zusak while listening to Ed Sheeran’s new album ‘Divide’ and planning out a “Logan” movie date in my head instead of completing my pending work on Github.
So previous sentence sums up who am I in a nutshell. And in a way “I am what I write” or “I write what I am”. So in this blog, you can find me write about books, music, movies, food and mundane.

As Lao Tzu said,
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”
Hoping this first post will open a new land of posts for me and encourage me to keep on writing more.