As I read this article, I was at first bored out of my mind. There were a bunch of words and people I had never heard of. By the third page I was really interested. They started talking about things I had heard of like "Netscape" and "Microsoft." They were also mentioning people I had heard of like "Bill Gates" and "Bill Clinton." I really always wondered how the internet came about. It seemed so complex and I couldn't wrap my head around how it was created, I just always knew it was there. I was born into these kind of technologies. As I grew up, everything I use now was being developed, so when it came time for me to use them, they were readily available to me.
I think the most interesting part of this whole article was how skeptical many people were about the internet. If they would have been able to look into the future, they would have been amazed. I know not everyone uses the internet, but most people do. This is the first semester I've had, where almost every class requires a "Blog" or some kind of online contribution to the class. It amazes me that technologies like these are going to be the majority of what is used in education, and really soon.
The first thing I remember about computers is when I was probably seven or eight and we had a pretty big PC in our kitchen. My mom would use it to chat with friends on ICQ or something like that, I'm not sure. But I remember her having to wait for it to dial and connect and it was always loud and took forever. Now we have three laptops that are all connected to a WiFi modem, and she doesn't know half the stuff I do about the internet. It's crazy to think about what will be created by the time I have kids and they are in college. I'm sure by then campuses won't even exist, and everything will be done online. I can't imagine what our lives will become if that ever happens.
I was really interested in the fact that we grew up along with the technology that we use today. I also have memories of slow dial-up connections and it's fascinating to see how it's all changed so much even in the past ten years. I was particularly interested in the fact that services like wikipedia really were invented in the last decade and now it's something we use all the time.
ReplyDeleteLike you Angel, I did not find the article interesting at all until I was about to in some way relate to what I was reading. It is so intriquing to think about how technology has evolved. Julie, I also remember the days of waiting forever for my AOL to connect and I remember the day my family finally invested into DSL. It is so fully to think of how we grew up during this whole process and I love that I no longer have to miss phone calls just because I am on the internet. I am so excited to see what is next.
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