Nostalgia, to me, is that
warm fuzzy feeling you get when you think about how things
used to be. For example,
remember when CD-ROMs were really cool? You really have to be a true
geek to get nostalgic about old
computer equipment. Whenever I hear the
beep of an Apple II, or something that sounds like it, it captures my attention
immediately.
One interesting
idea would be, at the next USENIX or other event where lots of
geeks hang out, to
broadcastan
Apple II beep over the intercom. I bet more people than not will turn their heads.
For me, nostalgia isn't about wanting to go back to simpler times; it's more about remembering our past. Where we've been, and conversely, where we're going.