"That's awfully B&W. What's innovation to a CS wonk is a incomprehensible hash of neologisms, strange usages, and white boards full of badly drawn squares and circles to an, um, civilian computer user."

Stephan put it perfectly. I was an early user of computers in educational settings and used to think of myself as an early adapter, at least in my work.

I haven't seen anything too groundbreaking in awhile, and what's out there sounds incomprehensible, e.g. WiFi/80211. I don't feel like doing the steep climb up one more learning curve. I use my two year old imac with its slightly aged apps. and am content. I haven't even upgrated to System X.