Internet Pundit

I feel I’m totally qualified to be an Internet Pundit. I could easily spend my retirement giving interviews and possibly making speeches or sitting on panels at industry events. When I first started working in this field, there were 2000 hosts on the network. I know because they were all listed in one file. (I should be able to turn that into an interesting anecdote for a speech. Hmm.) My point is, I’ve been around for awhile.

Let’s look at this idea scientifically. 

Some of my many qualifications include:

1. I can explain how the domain name system works. I can explain how it was supposed to work too!

2. I can ask the probing question “why are we stuck with URLs when we were supposed to have URNs?!”

3. I used to administer a gopher site.

4. I have a lot of T-shirts.

To be fair, I do have a few blind spots:

1. I have no clue what an NFT is or why I should care.

2. I don’t use Tik Tok. (is that one word or two? check before publishing…)

3. I tend to blindly accept all site cookies.

4. I don’t actually wear the T-shirts.

How does one become a pundit? Do I advertise? Do I need a pundit agent? Is there a tech recruiter that specializes in the area of punditry? This could be a barrier to my entry into this occupation; i.e. I don’t know where the door is. 

I will have to ask some of my pundit friends. Cuz I know people.