Let's Be Patient People!

Well we can't ignore it anymore, blogging is everywhere. I thought I could get away from it (well before this class anyway) but now it is becoming increasingly apparent that blogs can benefit many more aspects of our daily lives.

In a previous post I stated how technology is being used to save lives in Africa. Now after reading Stephen Baker and Heather Green's article "Blogs Will Change your Business" it is clear that everyone should be jumping on the bandwagon. The experts are now saying that blogs should be apart of every business in order to have direct contact with their consumers. This will have many benefits, but now as we are becoming totally dependent on the Internet sometimes it is better to step back and take a breath!

With blogging, email, and websites, today is becoming the age of immediate service, but I have noticed that with this new sense of expediency comes a lack of patience. Do you remember when you had to wait for the phone line to connect to the Internet? When a big website took 10 minutes to pop up? When not everyone had instant messenger? When we are used to having immediate answers, high-speed connections, and instant Internet it is difficult to wait in other aspects of our lives. I have noticed that people are now less patient on the phone, waiting in line at a cash register, or food to be served at a restaurant. In a time when 24-hours in a day are not enough we are becoming less patient with each other. I think it is time to slow down and take a breath!