Life According to "B"

Think about how the Internet has developed from 1962 to what it is today. Do you think that the developers (e.g., Licklider, Tomlinson, or Tim Berners-Lee) knew how their work would be used/adopted by others? How different do you think today's reality is from their original vision? Are there tools being developed today that might be used in ways that are different from the developers' ideas? What are the implications of this?

The creators and developers of the Internet, I am for certain, did not think or even imagine how huge the internet has grown and what all it has been used for. From basic websites, live video streaming like BlogTV, Youtube, Myspace, and blogs are just some of the things I think they could not have comprehended or thought of back in the 60's.

I think they would be impressed by the "good" uses of the internet and (to be blunt) shocked by the less "moral" uses of the internet. The internet today is very different compared to the original because of the simplicity. The Internet "then" was a very complex system very few people new how to use. Now, because of the new developers and creators, they have simplified it to where even 4 year-olds can use it in their home.

The basic use they had wanted for the internet I believe was the "communication" aspect of it. Which has grown far beyond what I think they imagined, but in a good way. For example, Skype. It has everything from emails, chatting, phone conversations, video convos, etc. It has ALL aspects of media for communications. Found neatly on your computer using the internet :)

Like all things however, there are people who use the internet for good and evil. Because the internet is not "controlled" people have free reign over what they put out into the web world with little thought as to what will happen to them. There are not strict rules.

Thats my thoughts.

xoxo
-B-