Using A New Medium

THE NEW MEDIUM

The Medium in question, is the re-tweaked and repackaged online community focused on writers and content, and curating the written word. Alas, like many of these kinds of communities focused online, there are certain drawbacks.

Like, being able to join in the first instance.

At first, only a select handful could sign up, and write. Now though, the hurdle has become technical. Yes, it’s true there is no objection from Medium to my signing up and joining their once exclusive community, and sharing my writing and thoughts.

Except. I can’t. I mean. The Mac iBook I own is considered so old, I cannot use my version of Safari, running on OS X 10.4.11.

My Mac is consider a dinosaur, my software so out dated, their website will not function beyond accessing the front page. I am effectively locked out of playing in their sandpit from my iBook, my machine of choice for writing. Less distractions.

Dinosaur equipment and people who live and exist in an outdated software world are not admitted to this sleek new future of communicating and sharing. Even Facebook doesn’t play nice with my iBook these days. What about changing browser to Chrome? Forget it. Firefox. No can do. These companies no longer provide a browser that will work or is compatible with my machine. So even if I wanted to test them in accessing Medium, I can’t.

So while I would love to share my thoughts and short fiction with a wider audience, and find more readers through the Medium online. I am left to go it alone, on a website I built, using old technology, with antiquated software, both of which still work and function just fine, thank you very much.

that bright, shiny future, doesn’t look so bright or shiny anymore.

I’ll just have to continue creating my own medium.