…And That’s The Way It *Was*
Since the advent of the internet (See: Al Gore), the way things are done has constantly been changing. For example, it used to be that if you wanted to “play war”, you and your 10-year old friends would pick up sticks and have epic battles in your front yard. Now, you simply pick up your Xbox 360 controller and use the joysticks to “play war” for the next 4-hours against Jim in Tennessee and Jason in Canada.
It used to be that if you wanted to watch a movie, you would get your kids in the car, drive down to Blockbuster, and spend the next 30-minutes deciding what movie you all agreed on. Now, you simply sit down at your computer, log on to Netflix and delegate 2 of your 3 DVDs to your kids.
It used to be that if you liked a particular band, you would line up outside the record store for 4-hours until they opened and purchase a physical copy. Now, you simply boot up iTunes at 12:01AM on the day of release and you can buy a digital version.
I think you get the idea. But like they say, just because it’s easier, doesn’t mean it’s better, right? I mean, I probably know more people I’ve never met than I do in real life. Of course, this is an exaggeration (I’m actually a level 12 paladin!), but I would bet that for a fair amount of you, this could be the case.
Where we once had to WAIT for things, they can now be ours instantaneously. No more do you need to run to the store. You can just log on to Alice.com and purchase household goods there. No more do you need to wait to hear back from your wife as to where she is; You can just log on to Twitter and a few seconds later, find out she is eating dinner across the table from you.
All jokes aside, life has become this huge “Rush! Rush! Rush!”-experience and if you don’t work to keep up… You might be able to stop and enjoy it.
Let us know what you think in the comments…
James 6:36 pm on September 25, 2009 Permalink |
I think google is going about devolving a revenue source from youtube all wrong. I myself tend to avoid watching videos on youtube because of the ads, their everywhere you look. Rather that focusing on ads aimed at the viewers to gain revenue, I think they could offer a premium service to interested users. This service could include fast loading pages, being featured on various(related and appropriate) video pages, no or a reduced number of ads on the video page, ect. The user with a premium account would only pay some much for each video.