Back in the early days (87-mid 90's), the only computer users were business staff and geeks. The only "networking" was a null cable connecting 2 pcs via rs232 and a "network" linked option in a game.
If you had a modem, you connected via telephone line to a Bulletin Board like Compuserve.
No fancy web graphics or media enchanced pages....just "DOS" style text lists etc. Yet we were addicted to the potential it gave us. Knowledge bases and files that you could never have sourced anywhere else.
>>>> Jump to today!! WOW!
The whole modern world seems to be connected in an endless network of multimedia, glossy interactive world of blogs, chatrooms, gaming, forums, podcasts, vlogs, VOIP, webcams, P2P programs.....endless!!
The web is now a necessity for mordern living.
Take an example of my kids - 3yr, 7yr, 8yr, 14yr and 16yr old. Each have their "things they do" on the web! MY 3yr old!!!! Can you beleive it. She goes on Ceebebees & Club Penguin.
My 7 yr girl also chats on ClubPenguin and MSN to her friends and family and now has her own blog!!!
The boys are gaming geeks, running servers and gaming on multiple platforms! If theres a game crack or cheat out there..they know it. Gurus 2 b!
They have their own network in house and even wardrive!!
My step son in USA is an awesome programmer in many languages. Another guru in the making.
My stepdaughter is a Bebo and social networking user.
My wife - does her OU degree online daily and uses MSN to keep in touch with family in USA.
Me, I keep them all up and running, teaching new progs, fixing connections, removing rogue software....I really should look for a wage from my family lolol
I now have ALL my neices and nephews online, chatting to each other, webcaming, and gaming.....all ages.
The kids just blow my mind. They learn so quick and make it look so easy. The Net Generation!
Sunday 20 January 2008
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