Internet Transforms Modern Life

Re: The Internet transforms modern life, By Steve AlmasyCNN http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/06/23/evolution.main/index.html

I wanted to post the above article because it illustrates how far the internet has come over the past ten years. According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, less than one in five Americans were online in 1995. Today, the majority of Americans are surfing the Web, exchanging e-mail, reading bank statements and ball scores, checking the weather. Today, Pew says, two out of every three Americans spend time online.

The article goes into great detail about the history of the internet and compares what was with what is - such as the use of blogging, growing internet companies and talks about the internet generation. It is amazing to see just how fast and powerful the internet world has become. It is my belief that the internet will only continue to grow in numbers and power, evolving into a new form of life that will one day dictate how and what we do.

After reading the article, I was most amazed with the in-depth reporting on the internet generation. The Web is changing the way people communicate and teenagers who grew up with the internet are communicating by instant messages. This has greatly changed the forms and methods of communication.