The Bloggers shall inherit the Earth.
I believe the world is under-estimating the power of the Internet. You might think this is absurd, since the Internet has truly become a very viable and nearly ubiquitous medium in many countries throughout the world. However, the Internet is just now scratching the surface of changes that will sweep across the globe in the years ahead.
Sure we have all been communicating with others around the world through email, IM and simple WebPages for years, but now we also have web logs (or BLOGs for short).
In the past few months we have seen just how important the Blog has become in the United States. It is the new media, allowing bloggers to quickly share thoughts and experiences from both the Democratic and Republican conventions. Blogs have become, for some the sole source for news from loved ones in Iraq and recently appears to have exposed CBS news for using forged documents detailing alleged incidents in President George W. Bush's Air National Guard service.
I personally have this blog you are reading now and a few others. One is dedicated to my wife's side of the family where I share family photos often taken with my cell phone at family gatherings and sent LIVE to the website. It is meant to be a central location for the extended family to communicate with my Wife's brother and sister-in-law who recently moved to France.
I also have a site dedicated to my friends, one for my extended family and a new one for my wife. My wife will be using hers to communicate "good news" to the parents of her 8th grade science class.
Although most of my blogs are meant for a small number of individuals, I am hopeful this site may someday become a regular stop for some (once I get my act together!).
Blogs are being used in many countries where we are able to get an intimate view of current events from individuals with personal opinions not shaped or twisted by the media or various governments. For example many of the blogs I have read from Iraq are fairly positive. The US media tends to only report the negative issues surrounding Iraq. Many Iraqi bloggers report these same items and long for the day when the violence will stop. However, they also report progress. For example, schools are reopening, food is readily available and relatively affordable to most people. Homes and infrastructure are being rebuilt. Most importantly, the Iraqi people are beginning to feel real freedom for the first time in their lives. This knowledge I have gathered, only from reading blogs, has changed my outlook on what we (the US) are doing in Iraq. I, for one am grateful to our troops and proud they are able to spread freedom and democracy to what will someday become a truly great nation.
I believe the power of the Internet, which to me is really the freedom of the Internet will revolutionize the entire world. I hope I live long enough to witness this change.
Sure we have all been communicating with others around the world through email, IM and simple WebPages for years, but now we also have web logs (or BLOGs for short).
In the past few months we have seen just how important the Blog has become in the United States. It is the new media, allowing bloggers to quickly share thoughts and experiences from both the Democratic and Republican conventions. Blogs have become, for some the sole source for news from loved ones in Iraq and recently appears to have exposed CBS news for using forged documents detailing alleged incidents in President George W. Bush's Air National Guard service.
I personally have this blog you are reading now and a few others. One is dedicated to my wife's side of the family where I share family photos often taken with my cell phone at family gatherings and sent LIVE to the website. It is meant to be a central location for the extended family to communicate with my Wife's brother and sister-in-law who recently moved to France.
I also have a site dedicated to my friends, one for my extended family and a new one for my wife. My wife will be using hers to communicate "good news" to the parents of her 8th grade science class.
Although most of my blogs are meant for a small number of individuals, I am hopeful this site may someday become a regular stop for some (once I get my act together!).
Blogs are being used in many countries where we are able to get an intimate view of current events from individuals with personal opinions not shaped or twisted by the media or various governments. For example many of the blogs I have read from Iraq are fairly positive. The US media tends to only report the negative issues surrounding Iraq. Many Iraqi bloggers report these same items and long for the day when the violence will stop. However, they also report progress. For example, schools are reopening, food is readily available and relatively affordable to most people. Homes and infrastructure are being rebuilt. Most importantly, the Iraqi people are beginning to feel real freedom for the first time in their lives. This knowledge I have gathered, only from reading blogs, has changed my outlook on what we (the US) are doing in Iraq. I, for one am grateful to our troops and proud they are able to spread freedom and democracy to what will someday become a truly great nation.
I believe the power of the Internet, which to me is really the freedom of the Internet will revolutionize the entire world. I hope I live long enough to witness this change.
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