John Y’s Musings from the Middle: New Apps

By John Y. Brown III, on Fri Aug 17, 2012 at 12:00 PM ET

Telling.

Tonight I decided to look on my iPhone for some new apps.

I opened up the icon and there were two options under Editor’s Choice: 1) New and 2) Previous.

In the past I would have instantly hit “New” wanting to be an early adopter and keep up with the crowd.

But tonight a little piece of me died when I hit “Previous” without even hesitating.

I have officially moved from cutting edge to that secondary (or lower) group that prefers to pick over what’s left and look for a “good deal.”

And worst of all, there was another category “Genius.”

I rolled my eyes and turned off the phone to conserve energy.