Friday, January 14, 2011

Dear web... I still need you!

The idea of the web dying, but the Internet taking off, was one that I did not think made sense at first. I understand the difference between the web and the Internet but they have always been reliant on each other in my eyes. I wouldn't want to see one without the other close by. The article "The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet." on www.wired.com talks about the web dying, but the Internet continuing on it's journey. So, the question is, do I agree with this concept? I don't think I do.

The web may be used less and less every year but I still think it is a necessity to this era. People got too comfortable saying that libraries were going to fade out once the web hit because of the easy access to a mass amount of information, but libraries are still around. They may not be used as much as they used to be since people are able to do research from their own homes now, but libraries are still a great place to go and many still use them. So I think this same concept will happen with the web, it may not get used as much as it used to, but there are always going to be reasons to use it. Libraries did not die with the times, they were instead updated by having web access therefore giving people a reason to still visit libraries; I think that the same thing is going to happen with the web. Something has to come along that people will just not be able to ignore.

I have always been a user of the web and I do not plan on stopping any time soon. Even though the Internet and apps have their addicting ways and positive mind-sets, I see the web as an essential part of them both. Just like everything else in the world, I am sure that an update and/ or a newer version is on it's way to save the web.

3 comments:

  1. I like your use of the Library Web analogy. It gives a more grounded approach compared to a view that is very much like Chicken Little. " The Sky Is Falling!"

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  2. And like libraries, I think we will keep re-inventing ways to keep it around.

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  3. Your post makes a very good and very comforting point.

    With the technology industry taking off so much within our lifetimes, so many things that became "obsolete" DIDN'T just vanish:
    VHS tapes, CDs ("replaced" by downloadable digital music), landline phones, or print media to name a few. Just because something is the most current and convenient way of doing something doesn't mean that a total change will occur overnight.

    I am not an app user...and I'm typing this up in the library. :-)

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