| Hands-On | Hands-Off |
| You are NEVER Alone little Grasshopper FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AOL, MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, Google , IRC and a myriad of other communal offerings exist (and have existed since Gore invented the Internet [that's a joke... ok]). There are free venues, Paid Public venues, Private, Corporate. Is one better than another, who know who even cares. The platforms are becoming so robust and the areas between them becoming so gray. Fact is that most of the big players are working on cross platform access. I mentioned earlier that I had several e-mail addresses that were used to connect to various communities. This is becoming less the case as providers realize that communal loyalty is 2nd to user convenience. This means that sooner than one might think it will be possible to truly present a single point for contact over the internet. Regardless of the media type (text, audio, video, 2-way voice, etc). In all efforts you have to keep in mind what it is that you are trying to accomplish. The hype is always there there are always the newest and the greatest even though you just picked up the next generation. As the lines between ISP and IAP or Network Provider become thinner, you realize that the boon towards on-line communalism is not new the toys are just now becoming really socially superior for work and for play. |
If your ISP had their way everything communications would carry their brand and everyone you communicated would do the same But that is not the way it is. The internet demands cooperation and collaboration the juice of innovation and imagination is an environment that enables new ideas. The best (or shall I just say more) is yet to come. The crossing of ISP boundaries is a given in post 911 public access venues Homeland Security Demands it not to mention that not having to have the same ISP account to chat with my sister from my Wi-Fi connected PC and then to be able to invite my cousins into the conference, who are on Cable and DSL in different parts of the nation just because they subscribe to the great Global Directory Service . Hmmm... I actually Like it |