Week 12 Question 2: World Wide Web

I definitely enjoyed this article because in a way I felt like I was going back in to time. At first I tried to read it as if I had no previous knowledge of the Internet, but because of all the things I know I just could not do it. But I learned that it was created to basically exchange humans ideas and knowledge to one another at a larger scale. I thought it was funny when they talked about the "w3" for "www." because that just sounds like an ancient term that I would hear my grandparents use to put in a URL. In fact, most people do not even use "www." when typing in website; for example if we want to go to google we just type in "google.com" versus "http://www.google.com".

This article really made me reflect on my beginning uses of the Internet and how it has drastically changed over a decade or so. As I digress a little bit, I remember I used to like Jelly Belly beans and so on the bottom of a bag it told me to "visit their website". I had no idea what that meant I thought I was actually going to visit a place. When I found out what it was, I was still amazed at the things I was able to do (purchase products, locate stores, etc). Lastly I enjoyed reading the future section of the article. They were able to predict how much the Internet would advance but I actually think we surpassed their predictions and expectations. I cannot help but to think about how the Internet will be used in another decade from now.