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Intro - Campfire Pioneer

The Art of the Campfire Reboot

By Campfire Park

Cowboy is your host at Campfire Park ...

And the inventor of the "campfire reboot."

Failed s'mores reboot

Why a campfire reboot? For one, it solved a problem. Everybody was staring at their phones and nobody was coming out to the campfire talks at Campfire Park. Cowboy gets it: Campfire Park is remote, You have to drive through a stream, there's a puzzling fork in the road, the list goes on. But that doesn't mean the campfire tradition doesn't carry on. That's when Cowboy had the bright idea to drop a campfire kit of logs and kindling to peoples driveways at dusk, just like they do with the newspaper in the morning. After thinking it over more around the campfire, Cowboy had the idea of delivering the campfire talks directly by phone. And thus was born the "campfire reboot."

The great thing about the reboot, it's just not Cowboy. He has a whole team of hosts, or sometimes its just him, or other times a stranger stops by.

Cowboy recent colloquialisms

Bookmark Revival

I know what your thinking …

The day of the bookmark has run its course.

Or is there a bookmark revival underway as we speak?

My philosophy is that every action causes an equal and opposite reaction. Think about it folks, everyone and their uncle (and aunt and grandma) has bought in hook line and sinker to the digital revolution, or more specifically smart phones. And largely we all did it without a thought, not even a second guess, of what we left behind. It was FOMO all he way – i.e. “fear of missing out.” Well, let me introduce you to a new acronymn. It’s called the “fear of what we lost,” or FOWWL for short. Okay, that acronymn isn’t the best, as I do not want to throw chickens or turkeys or geese under the bus. But let’s face it, there’s a return to simplicity under foot. And no vestige of that simpler era is more symbolic of the what we need to reclaim than the bookmark.

Why? For one they help you remember the exact page you left off. And in a completely non digital way.

Mark my words, the bookmark revival is underway!

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