5 reasons why we love the "web"

Of late I have been spending a lot of time on the web... not just on Gmail, Facebook and Orkut.... but much more on exploring the web. The more time I spend the more intrigued I get. They say that the US used to be the Land of Opportunities - Anybody could do whatever they wanted and make it big. While it is still true to some extent but US is slowly being displaced by a virtual landscape - the internet..the landscape here is virtual but all the more important. The recent nomination of the "internet" or the "web" for the Nobel Prize underlines the growing importance.


So I began thinking what makes the internet so indispensable ..what has lead to its enormous growth. Here are 5 things which I believe make the internet or the web what it is today:

1. Democratic/Equalitarian in nature

An equal opportunities platform, it does not care who you are - what age, sex, region, religion, economic strata you belong to :) You can choose what you want to be - the one who openly declares what they are and propagate and standby whatever their beliefs are. Or the one who stays anonymous because of whatever reasons..but the important thing is everybody gets a voice, a platform.


2. Based on Ideas/Innovation

The world they say is driven by ideas and so is internet... which is what makes it so powerful. The freedom and ease with which an idea can be implemented with minimal support from others has resulted in explosive growth for the internet. And as in life here in the virtual world also one idea powers the other. Need to share yours thoughts with world - Blogger is here. Can't wait to reach home..want to share info on the go..anyways you just have a short message..here's Twitter. Oh damn ..the 140 character limit..want to share this great link but it's too long..url shortner is there..and so the chain of innovations goes on...



3. Almost free...OK..Cheap!!

As most other things, this luxury is not the prerogative of the rich and the elite, it's darn cheap..almost free!! In fact with more and more public Wi-Fi zones being established it's becoming more and more accessible.



4. Far, Wide, Deep

Even the farthest corners of the earth are within reach. I can connect to my dear ones anywhere in the world anytime I want... Look for information on any damn topic in the world, I have it on my tips..Thanks to Google Search [ I know many other and better search engines are available..but I am a fan of Google :) ] Human nature is inquisitive ..the quest for knowledge is never ending but so is the depth of knowledge available on the web..start on any topic and you can delve as deep as you want and explore as much as you want.



5. It Connects

Humans are social and they need to express..the web provides ample opportunities for both..look at hundreds of social networking sites available and the ways every other site wants you to share what you are doing or thinking..



In my upcoming posts I am planning to share some amazing sites that I have come across.. the ones I think are both innovative and provide a greater meaning to the existence of the web. Hope you will like them. For this post lemme know what your thoughts are..agree..disagree..anything??