Well, I am delicious and linked-in now and I feel that I have opened a doorway into a strange and new world. How can it be that I use the internet and the web everyday and yet I know so little - it's like an iceberg!
I have learnt that the internet and the world wide web are two related but separate things, and that essentially the web piggybacks off the internet infrastructure. They are both controlled by a series of protocols which remind me of some science fiction film and I can imagine internet space rangers in cyberspace making sure that everything follows the rules or risk being destroyed! The web has changed so much over its brief lifespan and there is a very interesting website in which you can time travel back to early web pages in archive.org, so not only is knowledge present , it is also past and future! Interestingly the web has become less of a technical, information finding tool and more of a social hub bringing people together to collaborate, chat and share. So much for people becoming more isolated! The internet and the web has actually made people communicate more!
I am off now to discover the delights of Web 2.0 which I am hoping, and suspect, is not your usual overhyped and disappointing sequel (Harry Potter excluded of couse!).
Sarah
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