The hanger on the topic of "digitalization"

Digitization. When I hear that already. It's the new big thing now, they say. We have to get ready for it, they say. Otherwise we'll soon no longer exist, they say.

I'm not a fan of digital. I like analog. It started back in the 80s when those little silver disks came out and everyone was so excited that music sounded so much better. Everyone only wanted CDs. I still have my LP collection at home. When I really want to relax, I put on a record. That has style. Sliding a fiddly CD into the player is really boring.

But in the meantime we've gone far beyond the CD. Nobody buys CDs anymore. Music now only comes into our homes online. And digitally. Nothing to touch anymore. And nothing to put in the cupboard or anything like that. Nobody goes to the store to buy music anymore. Or movies. Or books. Everything online.

At our company, everything is becoming more and more online. I've gotten used to emails in the meantime. I actually don't think it's bad at all. You don't have to deal with people like that. I just close the office door and write emails. It works well. But now they've started an internal company Facebook. And a chat. Suddenly - in the middle of writing an email - you're interrupted by someone chatting to you via the chat. Nobody needs that. Fortunately, there's the "I'm away" setting. That's my standard setting.

But now we've got a young boss. He wants to become even more digital. He has now started communicating with us via Twitter. I first had to read up on what that is. I didn't quite understand what it was for, but our IT department set it up for us. Now we're "followers" of our boss. What nonsense. Now I not only have to check my emails every day, I also have to check the Twitter stuff.

Somehow things aren't like they used to be. I used to get a gold watch when I retired. I tell you, when I retire, I'll get an email with a link to the tweet that tells me how I can take part in "watch sharing". No thanks, I'll pass.