Here’s the bigger issue for me. As a global culture, it seems we spend more time on the internet than doing almost anything else. I’m not knocking the internet, I love all the information I have access to, but I don’t need it every waking minute of the day. When I’m in the restroom, I should really be able to survive without the internet for the time it takes me to do my business.

If you still need powerful computers for designing graphics or other coding issues, you’ll still one of those. But if you want to surf the internet, it appears that you will soon be doing that with your TV. Google is offering software to be integrated into certain TVs as well as some satellite TV services. This will help some people who want to surf the internet but have vision issues or can’t get really fast internet access. This should be an interesting development to watch. Google seems to be innovating to grab some of the market away from Apple. And you know what the best part is? We as consumers are going to benefit the most from this.

Cuban believes that everything the internet was 5 years ago, Facebook is now.  I have to humbly and wholeheartedly disagree.  Facebook has done what very few other sites have been able to do; provide a platform for long distance and long ago friends to reconnect. Facebook lets you catch up, stay abreast of your friends coming and going and share goofy and funny stories.  But the whole experience of the internet is so much more than that. As someone who does freelance work writing articles in addition to blogging, I spend quite a bit of time doing internet research.  There is information out there that cannot possibly be contained in the small niche that Facebook occupies. While most people gravitate to Facebook, I think the internet has more to offer if people are willing to go out and find it.

Me personally, I think the information on the internet is fantastic. I’ve accessed things and studies topics I wouldn’t normally have been able to. On the other hand, with the proliferation of blogs and other sites put up with faulty information, reading info from one site only doesn’t alkways paint the fullest picture. If you plan to do research, it’s best to gather information from multiple, credible sites.

The doomsaday clock, a clock debuting in 1947 and representing man’s proximity to nuclear annihilation, will be moved for the first time in three years.  People can watch the clock change over the internet.  Of course, the direction and amount of change will not be made public until the actual change which leaves room for a lot of speculation.  What is causing the clock change.  More dangers or fewer? Nuclear war issues or climate change issues?  Whta do you think?

Some companies are starting to optimize their sites to accomodate those with impairments, and the World Wide Consortium, which establishes internet standards, has developed guidelines for creating accessible sites. Having a cousin who lives with Cerebral Palsy, I know how hard it is to live with a disability. So, bravo to those companies who are already taking this step, and if you know of someone who works in web design, whether it’s a local orange county web design or a national company, let them know the good they can do for those with disabilities.