Mike Pinkerton, developer of Camino, who now works for Google and doesn't seem so enthused about it all, says:
So did you ever notice how most people nowadays start new thoughts or interrupt discussions with "so"? I wonder how that started. Pretty much everyone I know does it, be it west coast or east coast. Wonder if it's an American thing.
Yup. Absolutely. I do it ALL the time. I learnt it from Joi. No joke.
So, I was thinking...
So is the new like.