I love the internet.I believe God knew what he was doing when he gave Tim Berners-Lee the idea and mental capacity to invent the first version of the World Wide Web. Internet has facilitated my life as well as the lives of many people I know in an unparalleled way. The idea of literally having days and days of information a few finger taps away is marvelous. The days of toiling over dense books for various assignments, all reduced to pdf’s accessible via links, that can be pulled up by a few matching keywords placed into a search engine command box! Yes, I believe we should all praise Allah, Buddha, and Jesus for this amazing invention we take for granted every day. However the idea of how it came about and the stages never truly dawned on me until I saw this article on a new version of the World Wide Web called Web 3.0 is in the works to be accessible sooner than we know. This is also led me to realize that I never knew there was a previous version of the World Wide Web, in my mind it had always been the Web.
Interesting enough I feel that as a society we have always been up to date on latest operating systems out for PCs to even the slightest additions to popular sites interfaces. And not once had I ever heard of changes in the Web itself until now. I started to realize what an effect Web 2.0 had on me and I could barely contain my curiosity to what sort of science fiction movie like uber-futuristic improvements this new Web could possibly have in store. According to the article, Web 1.0 was the first version of the World Wide Web ever and was in use from 1991 till 2003. Think of the movie You’ve Got Mail, Windows 95, HTML coded pages to cite an error, and internet dial up with a max. of 50K bandwidth; You have a visual of what Web 1.0 was like. Static pages with basic GIF format pictures, HTML emails, and instant messaging, is a synopsis of what made Web 1.0 cool.
Now that we think back on it in comparison to the vast improvements of the Web just 1 version later, you would assume that this would be more versions in between to reach the version of Web we have grown so fond of. Web 2.0 the internet we have known since it was introduced in 2004 is known for its web applications that facilitate interactive user centered and information sharing sites, that are simplified and tends to the user with logically options on how to browse the vast Web. I believe that the upgrade of this web can be expected to be nothing less than exceptional when examining its predecessors. Web 2.0 has been known for providing an outlet that facilitates social dialogue from videos, audios, blogs, social networking sites, etc…all of this was a fantasy well achieved with this version of the Web. Providing a tremendous surge of internet users from the moment of its deployment Web 2.0 has shaped the society in which we live in today in the most incredible way, which is why I believe we should all be on the lookout for what Web 3.0 entails. The article predicts a more personalized, easy to use web, eliminating several steps from online searching to make Web browsing quicker. This is what the industry analysts call a Semantic Web, which is a place where machines can read pages to the extent humans can. It will have the enhance ability to troll pages and narrow search more specifically to what the person is searching for without the person having to place more keywords and such into the search. Some analysts are even speculating, we will have the ability to walk into virtual buildings and stores online. Though some are skeptical of this Web, I believe we are on the verge of yet another technological phenomenon.
Sources:
http://daol.aol.com/articles/get-ready-for-web3?icid=main|aim|dl9|sec1_lnk3|174819
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2102852,00.asp
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ReplyDeleteI agree that the internet (world wide web) is also a "useful tool" and has helped make life a little easier in many aspects of life from academic to social. However, I think that there should be a fear of the web controling our lives, and eliminating personal "face-to-face" interactions. Also there is something to be said for personal involvement and experiencing a store in reality and not virtual reality. Having interaction with a specialist, lawyers, and so on. For example their are medical sites like webMD and Ask a lawyer, but you cannot read a person without being in their presents. There is a huge personal factor missing with the internet. When you look into another man or woman's eyes and see them everythig is differemt. You can see if a person is nervous, lying, is clean shaven, etc. The image that people present is huge in reading/judging people and making deals. I think we should not abolish real life interactions and go the way of the web to control eveything. furthermore, people barely walk in reality lol what good is having them walk into a virtual store, I doubt they will ever do that.
ReplyDeletelol @ your people barely walk comment. I can def. see both sides of your argument and it could be detrimental it could indirectly promote obesity and such. However, it's one of those what are the odds situation. I feel as though the odds of the negative side to this argument are drastically smaller in comparison to the odds of the positive outcomes to what this Web 3.0 means to our society as a whole. I appreciate your comment! :)
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