This week's lesson was a bit overwhelming. Not only was there a host of new sites to explore and new info to digest, there's the realization of what the internet is becoming.
Here is this area, space...er....cyberspace where all this information, ideas, videos, etc. are accumulating. One can interact with it, add to it, edit it, make it work for you, share it, and manipulate it. Interactive, virtual, video characters? Did you see that video on YouTube?
Yeah, I have it on my phone.
Sure, I got it in my e-mail.
Wait, yes, here it is on my Ipod.
I have that stored on the micro-chip in my brain.
Ok, so maybe that last one is a little over the top, but for how long? All those sci-fi movies I've seen where our hero plugs into a console and downloads the days news or what-have-you is becoming more believable every moment. I do find it fascinating and exciting that I can witness and be a part of this explosion of information, yet I still have a little, nagging thought a the back of my mind. A part of me that we'll refer to as....oh...let's call him George Orwell, who is walking around warning me that we might be getting a tad carried away with ourselves.
In spite of that and that fact that my age starts to show at such moments, I did enjoy the lesson. I must confess that I have been on the net for over 14 years and I still am only aware of a fraction of what can be found there. I liked the site MailEmotion and Guess the Google. Both were fun and interesting. FlickR though, is my current favorite. I can find pix of anything there! It's great. I also found the Web 2.0 video to be very cool. I had the sense of being carried away. Of course, George was a part of that experience too, speaking softly in my ear...remember what I said earlier...you might want to read my book again...you know the one...1984.....are you gonna eat the rest of that?
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