sillycon wordsmith
The third one in “Invasion of binary” poem mini-series personalises the bits that charge at us which we welcome joyfully. Written in first person style, I describe how I welcome this invasion by the minion bits and let them assimilate me.
Technology is the new God today, in its clutches we are totally! Here is a personalisation of this, the first one of a two part series “Digital God” titled “The New God”
All the strength of hands wielding a sword can come to a nought by the power of content streaming as shiny pixels in your palm. Beware of social media! This was the thought triggered by comments in response to my prior poem “Invasion of Binary”. Enjoy the Part 2 as “Invasion of Binary II” (Powerful pixels).
In today’s world of unsatiated digital appetite, we just seem to swallow tainted content. Interesting it is how smart people succumb to fake messages, posts, emails. When a good friend posted a message that was way off, the wordsmith in me perked up resulting in this creative “Invasion of binary”.
When an AllPoetry contest prompted me with a 15 word brevity poem on ‘Disaster’, I remembered the recent articles of how smart people lost money. Falling for the age old trick of seduction, now digital, versed as “just a click”.
Roti,kapda, makhan was the slogan of grand old party in 70-80s. The salubrious city of Bangalore then transformed into a technology hub with PSUs like HAL,BEL,HMT, ISRO and Roti,kapda & makhan happened. In the 90s when we made forays into software, the Founding President of NASSCOM Dewang Mehta added “bandwidth” to the slogan. The pensioner’s paradise became Silicon City. More roti, kapda and makhan happened. When bandwidth became seriously fast and huge, we transformed to…
Know why namma roads are always dug up for installing new fibre cables? Because we are a sillyconCity, where data rules. It is all about ensuring smooth flow of data below. After all, to know where all you will be stuck, you need the fast connection nah. ‘Connecting people’ in sillyconCity. #sillyconCity (#162)
Kneeling before the mobile he asked“Will you marry me ?”Beaming via Skype she said “Yes” The sillycon engagement. #sillyconCity (#148)
Working late night at the office alone and deeply engrossed, the lights go off suddenly. Then I wave my hand frantically and it comes back. Damn the motion sensors in the sillycon smart city office. Now I have to wave at them back too or they get moody. #sillyconCity (#137)
We love to talk to Siri, Alexa and Hey Google. But with people on their special occasions it is HBD, ATB and RIP. The brilliant techies of sillycon city. #sillyconCity (#97)