Newspapers.
Print coupons.
The Yellow Pages.
Blockbuster movie rentals.
Paid television? Click here.
Broadcast analog radio.
Mail.
And now dictionaries.
Is there anything old the new won’t marginalize?
Tag Archives: The Internet
Fifty Things Being Killed by the Web
I enjoyed reading this story. You will too. It mentions something that I do believe. In the future having a great memory – which I think I do - will not be valued as much. Who needs memory when you have Google and unlimited free storage?
We don’t need to store facts in our brains. They are all instantly retrieved. Memories will be in unlimited storage on the web in the clouds somewhere. Our legacies will be left there as well.
I am kind of sad at that notion but am afraid it may be true.
40 Years of Internet
Amazing but true — the Internet will celebrate its 40th birthday on September 2nd; read this article enclosed by clicking here.
And amazingly true still — TODAY is the worst day the Internet will ever have. Why? Because tomorrow — more users will be on the Internet- there will be more bloggers on the Internet; there will be more content available tomorrow — and more bandwidth and services and innovation, as well. Continue reading
We Have Come a Long Way in Our Industry
One billion and counting. Wow. We have come a long way. I was probably one of the first 100,000 people online in the US. We have a lot of company now.
Amazing
No media and technology has had the social adoption on a global scale as the Internet.
The web is only 15 years old. Here is an interesting BBC story about the Internet and some predictions from some futurists.
I feel old as I was there from day one. I was online when there were less than 1 million people around the world connected and I remain a zealot and optimist as today there are more than 1 billion people connected to one another.