Google ruined my life

How I learned to live google free by Joshua J. Romero

                At first when I read this, I had nothing in common with Mr. Romero. In my mind he was a big whiner. I imagine him in his mother’s basement blogging and checking his Facebook status every 3 min. Playing Farmland and Mafia wars with his orange finger tips encrusted in yet another bag of Cheetos that he has engulfed, with a dimly lit lamp in the background. Look at his blog picture. Crying how google had consumed his life and everything he did was through google. It’s not like google held a gun to his head and said use me as your search engine or google maps or calendar. It was all free will. He chooses to use the google the evil conglomerate, because it was convenient for him. What a whiner, I thought.

                I read and read and fell asleep thinking of Mr. Romero and then it hit me. Why? Why is he doing this? What is his reason? Why is his story significant? Is it a revolution he is on to? Is he David, as google is goliath?

                Mr. Romero is cleaning house and no longer wants anything to do with google. Just as we American’s switch from Chevy’s to Hondas, and Comcast to Wave. He is telling me a story a life lesson about switching google, he never says anything bad about them or calls them the evil empire, and he just simply has had enough off them and wants something different. Change is good, I’ve been told.

                His story and struggle about becoming free from google, perhaps a metamorphous for him. He will emerge with a clean soul when done. A clean slate and open mind. How ironic it is, as for myself I am just barely understanding google itself and all the wonderful application that it has to make my life easier and convenient for school and social life.

                I don’t agree with Mr. Romero, but I understand his purpose and dedication, commitment to get the job done and to stand by a belief. It’s a moral lacking by most American’s, standing up for what you believe and finishing something that you started, mmmmm I can see some of Feross points emerging here. My hats off to you Mr. Romero and your worthy cause you won’t find me in the sidelines next to you because this student needs google, as best said, “google is like smoking cigarettes, it’s a habit that’s difficult to give up.”