We are already more than a week into the new year. My husband I were reminiscing last week about New Year's Eve 1999. Remember Y2K? The whole world was going to end, our computers would crash, and technology would launch into a tailspin thinking it was 1900. Oh, how far we've come!
Now, not only do we have computers, but we've moved past a toddling dial-up Internet connection to computers we can hold in our hands and getting our Internet from the clouds. And we don't realize how dependent we've become on them until they are not there anymore. Tuesday morning, as I usually do, I came down to my kitchen, started my coffee, and pulled my iPhone off the charger to see what emails had come in overnight.
I was met with the black screen of death. I have an iPad through which I can text over Wi-Fi, a computer with all of the capabilities of my phone except the talking part, and a land line phone, but I paid extra to get my warranty replacement overnight, because I'm still dependent on that thing. Because it does EVERYTHING! And I can pull it out of my purse to do EVERYTHING literally ANYWHERE!
In 14 years, cyber innovators have brought us Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, and a whole host of other social networking opportunities. We can now more easily get a college degree from the comfort of our homes, see and talk to people around the globe, and carry an entire library in our backpacks. The world has opened up to more opportunities to communicate with not only clients and customers, but the entire universe. It's an exciting time and interesting to think of what may be in store in the next 14 years.
Here's to a prosperous say-what-you-want-to-say 2014!
-The Wordsy Woman
1 comment:
It's really hard to notice how dependent we are on certain things until they're gone. I think it's time for you to get used to your new system, right? I just hope you won't have problems with your internet connection this year. Thanks for sharing this post! Happy new year! :)
Jannette Britt @ TLinkBroadBand.com
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