Sep012009

The Internet: The Final Frontier

Our mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone

Aaaawww, fuggetaboudit.

Maybe the Internet was a “bold new world” for many folks around the turn of the century. (That’s the 21st century for you folks with silver in your hair.)

But in 2009, the Internet has become ingrained into the very fabric of our society. It’s the always on, available everywhere, gotta-have-it-now, “I’ll just Google it,” “why is my Blackberry so slow downloading emails,” communications medium of choice.

Even my parents (in their late 70s) are reading and forwarding emails daily (“No, Mom, you don’t have to enter your cell phone in the Do-Not-Call database”), researching their hobbies and health problems on the web, and using a VoIP phone to talk to friends and family. Now THAT is market penetration!
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