Such a powerful tool, the internet... far beyond what we can even dream is somewhere on this never ending world wide web, but is it becoming so powerful that maybe one day it will totally take over our lives and that link between virtual and reality fades away and we become sucked into oblivion (well not as such), taken into a world where anything goes.

This article is more of a ramble of my views on peoples beliefs that the internet is a time wasting tool, and is nothing to do with our real lives.

In my opinion it is a main focus of my life, because myself being a web programmer i tend to be online most of the day when i am not sleeping or working. My coding started off as a hobby, now its brought me my webhosting company which i spend most of my waking hours working on keeping it up to date, but am i letting my mind slip while staring at a computer screen for all those long hours each day... is my IQ so called dropping because i am just dribbling out "txt talk" and php and js all day?

some people would agree that the internet is bad for you, that it takes away your social life and provides nothing for you in the future, well where do you think most of the great programmers and web designers end up? it certainly ain't cooped up in a mental institute thinking about how your going to escape from the straight jacket and stab the doctor in the eye with the sedative he is about to bring in to the room, there are places. Microsoft being one of the biggest in the world, google too. All these companies offer us so much when we learn such things.

Maybe the internet is just a pass time for you, but think about it... You have some sort of knowledge about computers, the internet, and some sort of web designing be it graphics or coding what satisfaction you must get when you can say that you helped someone, not only that when you get older your children want to study web design of some sort, and you can say oh theres something i can help you with, your child can learn faster and better.

Alot of people say that their future won't be involving computers because of the career they choose to follow, but think about it. In a few years computers could be running our lives as technology develops shouldn't we? Our knowledge of computers can be passed onto generations to come and maybe its about time we start putting back into the internet what we got out of it.
i was very independant at school for the simple fact is that my friends i did have just stopped me from doing what i really needed to do in order to get me through my exams, but now i with working full time i meet loads of new people and my skills on the internet too has gained me alot of trust not only with my "clients" but my friends offline also ask me to help them with things conserning the internet.

So i can say personally the internet yes ok it has taken away a fair portion of my social life but it has also helped me regain what I personally lost and more so.

So indeed without the internet these days people would not really be able to communicate like we do at such a little cost with the rest of the world. I mean come on an international phone call is pricey, but not only that if you are still living with your parents and they don't really take to you ringing some random person up from china or africa that you haven't even met in your life, but you talk to them via forums or chat clients or messengers then there is more security in that and a lot more of personal privacy because unless you choose that person won't know what you sound like. If you meet them they will know what you look like

On the internet you have the choice to show people your faces, which in turn brings on another argument about the internet is just a fake cover up for most people.

Some of which use the internet to harm our younger generations which yes ok is sick and twisted but at least we have the right tools to stop this from happening but if you meet someone in public there is no way with our technology that we can cover up who we really are or act fake because they can hear you and see you...

But thats just my opinion and i'm sure some of you will have more to add to that.


Last Edit: Sept 13, 2006 2:16:08 GMT by Llanilek