World's Town

Hello bloggeurs of le web.

It seems funny that the students of COM 125 are REQUIRED to start their own blogs, when some have been blogging as a personal hobby for some time now.. (not me though). Huh.

Anyhoo, it isn't surprising that many of us (in this generation) are proficient with the internet and its different services and functions. As a child, I grew up playing games in the garden with my siblings, drawing, squashing bugs and running around like the hyperactive kid I was (or still am). However, by the time I was in primary school, computers started sprouting out from nowhere; research was no longer conducted in the school library--instead the INTERNET made projects easier to carry out, and every kid I knew had an e-mail, and was actively engaged in (the now old-skool) windows messenger. Wonder if people actually remember what an "encyclopedia" is anymore...

With this interconnected network of networks, our world is becoming increasingly smaller, and our social circle is getting gradually larger, and larger and LARGER.
The World Wide Web offers convenience to its users and allows people to interact in the comfort of their own vicinity; be it at home, at the office/school or even on the go with the augmented popularity of internet-enabled mobile phones. Through internet access, web monkeys can contact/interact others through:

1. E-mail (Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, and whatnot)
2. Have live chat conversations with peers through Windows Messenger, ICQ or SKYPE
3. Join thousands of annoying social network websites, such as MySpace, Friendster, Hi5, and (the big momma of them all) FACEBOOK.
4. Watch videos and movies or listen to music online--FOR FREE (o rly? no wai!) @ YouTube, Veoh and Yahoo Launch.
5. Send viruses, hack accounts, steal money, view pornography (these are optional and unpreferred).

With the emergence of this great invention, we no longer need to make long-distance phone calls to friends and family, write lengthy and costly letters to people overseas, or go and visit someone to see how they are doing. The world is now digitalized, and as Marshall McLuhan famously mentioned, the world is becoming a "Global Village" with the advancement of public media.

In the words of former U.S. president, George "Dubbya" Bush: "...there's rumors on the INTERNETS".