Yes I know that was a long string of posts…but hey…I am up late and I have a thought in my head about something I care about. The Internet…networking…communications. I know some of you are either new to the game or are of the ilk that once made fun of folks who were into such things long before it was mass market shinny and consumer cool….yes you know who you are…stop buying new barns in Farmville/ spouting on about how the TSA makes us safe for a moment and read some of the SOPA posts.
Learn a little bit about the history of where you are, what you are participating in each time you send a packet over the magical intertubes and some of the ideas that helped make things what they are today. It is a beautiful world we live in, one worth taking a moment out every now and again to learn the hows and whys … and maybe the ways to keep it strong and useful and open.
"This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box." Edward R Murrow
Good night…and good luck.
