The Internet

I am fascinated by the internet and technology. The more I think about it the more astounding it is. I remember when I was in high school and would sign on to AOL, get kicked off because someone called my home phone line. Sign back on, talk to people via instant messenger and download music on Napster. Back then the internet was what some people have deemed "the wild wild west." There was very little regulation, websites weren't nearly as refined and polished as they are now. In addition, many of the sites we now know and love did not even exist. Amazon, ebay, craigslist, facebook, etc. werent even around back then. Today, everyone has a website, hell people even have their own blogs. Now, there is DSL and ISDN, WIFI and 4G. We are inventing words to go along with our technologies. We no longer have desktops we have netbooks and PDA's. I cannot imagine where the future will take us. In the past 10 years the desktop has become obsolete. If your computer doesnt fit in your pocket then you are behind the times. Some may say that progress has made us more efficient but weren't we efficient before? In the next post I will get into how I believe some of the social media sites are truly harming children and adults alike in a way that could really create problems down the road.