One Web Day
The internet and all ICT’s have impacted the world in words I cannot describe. But I shall try. I have always been fortunate enough to gain access to the internet. My worst nightmare comprises of me waking up a rainy autumn morning and hearing “there is no more internet…EVER!” on the local news.
I can say with confidence that most of the western world relies heavily upon the internet and ICT’s in everyday life. To imagine a time before Facebook, Ebay, Blackberrys, ipods, or Youtube is crazy to me. My generation has always been exposed to this technology, but can you imagine the culture shock the baby boomers received? I can tell you from experience. My mother still does not know how to work the DVD player. What’s that? Yours doesn’t either? For my generation, not knowing how to use a DVD player is unheard of.
ICT’s are what seems to allow North Americans be organized and function. We live in an era where we rely on our clock radio to wake us up, our blackberry to see what we have on the go for the day, the television to give us the weather and the internet to give us a recap of what happened in last night’s episode of “Lost”. This is all before we leave for work or school in the morning.
The internet and ICT’s have impacted my life tremendously. I am comfortable with the technology surrounding me, but I am also excited to see what the future of technology has in store.
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