God Rest Ye Social Bookmarkers¶

‘Tis the season to be merry and last night, our local troupe, the Bartz Carol singers were out in force. Although I’m not confident I caught the words correctly, my impression is they were singing some slightly non-traditional carols. This was what I think I heard.

God rest ye social bookmarkers

Let nothing you dismay

For Carol Bartz our nemesis

Was brought to clear the way

To save us all from Yahoo’s power

When we were gone astray

While tagging our bookmarks of the web

Of the web

While tagging our bookmarks of the web.

At pinboard in in India

A saviour site was born

And brought to life by Maciej

Upon one blessed morn

The which the other social sites

did tattle and scorn

While tagging our bookmarks of the web

Of the web

While tagging our bookmarks of the web.

From Joshua, the father,

A tweet it emanates

That Yahoo talks to everyone

except he who creates

The Tasty and Delicious things

that Yahoo itself hates

While tagging our bookmarks of the web

Of the web

While tagging our bookmarks of the web.

Fear not then all ye bookmarkers

Let nothing you afright

You export options still remain

Your bookmarks are alright.

Export them now and import them

Wherever you see light

While tagging our bookmarks of the web

Of the web

While tagging our bookmarks of the web.

I think there was more, but by this time the Bartz Carol singers were moving away, the stars were coming out and flickring, and I couldn’t really catch the rest.

I might have been mistaken anyway; perhaps it was all just a dream.