Resurgence : bringing again into activity and prominence

So here I am sitting at my desk, listening to my favourite type of musiic while I type. It’s been awhile since I took some time to breathe.

Let’s talk about some things that have been on my mind as of late:
Technology – I love it…tech helps move our society and modern civilization forward. Regardless of the size of the technological advancement, an advancement is an advancement nonetheless. Technology helps to connect us to things that would otherwise be out of our grasp.

I am a pioneer, a trendsetter in tech. I remember the day back in 1995 when I first connected to a little company called ‘CompuServe’. CompuServe opened the world to me, I ventured to a little unknown site called ‘Yahoo!’. My initial impressions of the internet was that it was like an encyclopedia only easier to use and much prettier. Now, just so that you don’t think that I was first introduced to the net in ’95. I was an avid ‘Bulletin Board’ user reaching as far back as 1991-1992.

‘Bulletin Boards’ were one of the first ‘internet like’ communities albeit on a much smaller scale. I connected to The Hamilton Spectator’s Bulletin Board called ‘CompuSpec’ via Terry Berry Library’s public computer which was tucked away in a corner on the second floor. Having been an extrememly shy and introverted individual during my youth, the boards let me meet people I would have never imagined meeting in the ‘real world’. I blossomed on the internet, in fact the internet helped shape, and continues to shape the person that I am today.

The internet removes boundaries and borders, obstacles to doing business. Some people question whether the future is in the ‘pipe’ or the ‘content, apps, and information’ that flow through the pipe. I say it’s both. You cannot have one without the other.

I don’t know how many of you have heard of a little company called ‘Mirabillis’, and a little program called ‘ICQ’. Their invention would forever change the face of the world (literally).