Wednesday, January 25, 2012

The development of the internet has connected the world like no other technological advancement. It rivals the telephone, and telegraph for changing the way people communicate, do business and carry on everyday tasks.

                          Internet Activites

      The internet supports a wide range of activities,including:

• Browsing the internet
• Communicating with others through e-mail.chat, instant messaging. Web-based discussion groups, newsgroups,mailing lists, blogs, and other social media
• Downloading and uploading files
• Logging on to remote computers
• Conducting business activities

Shelly, Gary B., Albert H. Napier, and Ollie Rivers. Discovering the Internet: Complete Concepts and     Techniques. 3rdrd ed. Boston: Course Technology, Cengage Learning, 2010. 6. Print.


To think that the internet began just by linking several computers together and from there became a useful tool used by the government and educational institutions. But how does it work?

The internet is a network of computers that communicate by standard sets of rules. The internet allows computers to link together by these connection standards called protocols. Protocols allow data to transmit and be received.What has made the internet so powerful and popular. The answer is the world wide web. The world wide web by way of the internet, allows users to hook or link to other computers in order to share information. Hyperlinks and hyper text  are protocols used in order to view and download web pages.

There are many ways to connect to the internet. No longer does a person have to be at the office or at home using a PC. Laptops, PDA's and smart phones are portable meaning that people and business can connect time and almost anywhere.

Advances in technology have created faster high speed connections and the future looks for unimaginable forms to be the norm. Business and the way people connect will continue to evolve making the world smaller . Where will the next break through take us?

Blogging for better business

This is my first attempt to blog. I am hoping that like a child in art class, I can become at least a kindergartner of finger painting in the world of blogging. My hope to to show improvement from blog to blog.

Blogging is an exciting way for people to spread their thoughts and ideas to others . It is interactive and allows for feedback. Creating mini web pages is now something anyone can do and it can be as simple or complex as you want it to be.

Because blogging connects peoples thoughts and ideas, blogging can be a very useful tool for business. People with the same interests can share their ideas of a particular topic. Businesses can promote and in a sense advertise their products through blogs.The greatest feature blogging has is the ability to lead people to your product by way of key words. Businesses want to get as much traffic as possible and blogging leads those with the same interests to your web site.http://sbinformation.about.com/cs/ecommerce/a/bblogs.htm

 The future of business will continue to be empowered by the internet and new technology. Blogging sets the stage for development of ideas and allows input form others that will shape the face of business globally.