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>Gen-Xers got the same thing

GenX got ignored. The baton was passed from Boomers to Millennials. I guess we were all taking a bathroom break or something.

GenX UI, at least on the Web, was TABLE layouts with spacer GIFs dictated to us by Boomers who wanted brochures. Our crowning design achievement still lives on in WiFi router Web management tools and phpBB.

Yo, anybody going to the Phish concert? I need a ride.

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In my opinion phpBB remains a more usable interface than many modern software applications, especially the web. Dense with information, tools that empower the user to sort, search, and filter. Ability to express yourself via avatars and signatures, multiple color schemes and interface options.

You're wrong because Twapper has a market cap of 65 billion dollars. People love reading things by scrolling down, and then up. And then scrolling down again, pawing at their pocket-sized supercomputers like monkeys before the Monolith.

Tears for Fears is touring again and I'm planning to catch Steve Hackett as well.

Still being talked into seeing a-ha and Duran Duran. Go Gen-X!

> GenX got ignored. The baton was passed from Boomers to Millennials. I guess we were all taking a bathroom break or something.

There weren't enough of us. Also we were apathetic to everything. At least that's what I was told I wasn't really paying attention.

With no power comes no responsibility.

Yes, the rescheduled MSG New Years Phish run, then summer tour.

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