Late adopter

I’m a very late adopter of new technologies.
It has to do with the fact that I first want to identify a certain need for something before I try it.

On the other hand, whever I find something useful, I tend to stick to it.
I still frequent IRC and usenet, for example.
Call me conservative. :-)

So, even though most people describe me as a “techie”, I got my first mobile phone only in 2004 (I got one from my employer at that time).
I started blogging in January 2008, which is pretty late for the people in the environment I work in.
My very first laptop ever is only 2 years old now.
I bought my first USB-stick last month.
And today… I created a Twitter account (b_b_b_a_r_t).

Seems like I started an overtaking manoeuvre… :-)

What’s the use for it?
Well, it appears that twitter is becoming the source of more and more interesting discussions.
Recently, there was a twitter discussion about article
about Europe’s success.
That one wans’t that interesting, however. :-)
Litrik only commented the language and grammar.
Atog mistook Flemish language influences for Pakistani ones.
Koen Vervloesem seemed to get and agree with the point I tried to make.

Too bad someone else took my nickname (bbbart) already. :-(