How my grandparents communicated and how would web 3.0 change my life...

My grandparents are from Lahore, Pakistan. The ways in which communication was considered “technological” in my grand parents time was through letters, telegraphs, and telephones. The telephone, an item which is taken for granted today, was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. This device brought people into closer proximity to each other and allowed the house needs to be satisfied without leaving the home. It created new jobs and women were given the opportunity to work as switch board operators. Another important invention in the communication industry was the development of wireless telegraphy or radio. This accomplishment is credited to an Italian inventor,Guglielmo Marconi. He produced the first transatlantic wireless signal in history and invented the beam system of wireless for long-distance communication. Considering, that three of my grandparents are still here with me enjoying the luxuries of internet, cellphones, iphones, ipods and much more, proves the growth of communication and its affect on the human race. More then one billion peoples use the internet today (kleinrock,2008) I consider the internet to be the main source of communication next to use of cell phones. It almost seems impossible to communicate without these two essential devices. The pre-Internet world, from which my grandparents have advanced from was definitely and obviously much less “technological”. My grandparents “world” was very simple. It included face-to-face communication more then anything. With time, progression of technology has amazingly impacted our worlds, that even as a UofT student, as an assignment we’re having to do scrap-book blog entries for marks! =) I bet this wasn’t the case back then in our grand parents time.LOL

Something fascinating that we’ve learned about in this course within the first two weeks has been Web 3.0. It has amazing features and is based on making our access to anything and everything easier through the web. When Web 3.0 hits our world, it will definitely play an enormous role in changing our lives for the better. Semantic web (Web 3.0) holds a great deal of promise by helping computers help us get what we want. It’s a major focus of the www employees, who are trying their best to spread the idea of semantic web. Web 3.0 -- will make tasks like your search for movies and food faster and easier. An example of one of the many features of Web 3.0 would be allowing us to search based on our interests. If im trying to search for a good dessert place near a movie theatre, instead of searching through and typing in complex sentences trying to get a hold of a nearby place web 3.0 will allow me to type in a simple sentence such as “I want to see a movie and then eat good dessert nearby. What are my options?” The Web 3.0 browser will analyze your response, search the Internet for all possible answers, and then organize the results for you. Its almost as if Web 3.0 will act like a personal assistant. With time, the web will keep compiling all your searches and categorize them as your interests. It will then get an understanding of your interests in various categorizes. Eventually you will be able to type in simple sentences such as “What should I do for fun today?” and the web will analyze your interests through your previous searches and then as a final step will provide you with automatic results. Fascinating right!? In my opinion, I cant wait to see the new Web 3.0 and its cool features. I wonder if we’ll eventually be able to out run the increase of technology. Will there ever be a point where we can’t get any more “technological?” HMmmm.. What are you opinions about web3.0 and the means of communication? =)

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