The power of the Internet and technology these days just amazes me. We’ve come so far since I was a kid. I remember growing up with a huge computer that took FOREVER to process anything, and now I whiz through website pages in seconds. In fact, if a page takes longer to load than three seconds, I get impatient and open a new tab and do my search there. I now depend on my computer to inform me of everything. No longer do I pick up a newspaper to get the daily news, I just set my home page to CNN.com and every time I open a new browser, I get the latest news. My subscription to NYTimes.com is set up so I receive an email notification every time there is a news alert. Fantastic! I can work all day, never turn on the TV or radio, and still have up-to-the-minute news of what is happening in the world.
March 12, 2008 at 9:20 am
It is amazing when you think about it. The Internet has replaced the traditional newspaper for the vast majority of people, myself included.
I remember the argument used to be made that one day you would see newspapers in a portable digital format that someone could carry with them. I think that is true, and infact is already happening just not in the way anyone expected.
Look at anyone who uses a PDA or phone on the go to view news online, and you’ll see it in action.