Like I said; Limitless

It seems the internet continues to offer new and innovative methods of international connections. These connections allow people worldwide to communicate and share information using very interactive website developments. One interesting method of sharing information is through sites like del.icio.us which offer ways of sharing personal bookmarks with others, therefore, allowing people with similar interests to connect. Bookmark sharing also saves time and hassle by having the capability to share information that has already been found by other people on subjects that interest you.

Another way of saving time is by using something called RSS Feeds. RSS Feeds give individuals a way of listing sites that they spend time visiting regularly and having links sent to them only when something new from those specific sites get posted. This prevents people from spending time searching for new information on sites they visit on a regular basis; instead the information is sent right to their finger tips.

Twitter is another interesting site that allows people around the world to post simply 'what they are doing right now’. Twitter results in a list of posts just talking about what each individual is doing giving us, yet another, way of communicating.

Although I have not found the 3D virtual world, growing more and more popular, as an interest to me, I still find interest in what the web currently offers. Second Life has reached an even higher level of virtual communication allowing users to have a very personal and/or very professional virtual experience. Second Life is a way of being a master of any craft really, by offering virtual products and selling them through the virtual character you have developed and the office or store you have the ability to build with tools provided by the program. It is an interesting concept; however I think that some users become too deeply attached to the character they create which can affect their current social life. I have very mixed emotions about the virtual world. I feel that people spend too much time in front of a computer monitor as it is and something like Second Life has created a powerful way of pulling in a large population of people by giving them a "new" or improved image, a social life, a way to have work meeting, and a way to make money among other things. To some extent it really bothers me because it gives people a reason to stay in and takes time away from something they may 'virtually' neglect called, real life. Although, I applaud the advancements of technology and the discoveries people continue to so intelligently create, I will likely not be apart of virtual worlds.


5 links:

tapoll.com
vox.com
flickr.com
twitter.com
del.icio.us