21st Century Digital Boy
My love affair with blogging began when I realised I could publish musings quickly without using Dreamweaver, FTP, and a regular website. I’ve been online since the PC game ‘Doom’ arrived in ‘93 (ie. pre-Google). Back then you could find me in an early internet cafe in Derry, printing off guitar tabs at 10p a sheet rather than £15 per album songbook.
Before Google I had to use Netscape to find R.E.M. guitar tabs and it was never easy. I usually had to type in a few variations and scroll through pages of results to find what I was after. Search engines were a new puzzle to me and one which I’ve been learning about ever since.
Even back then it was clear to me how much the internet was going to revolutionalise the world.
It is astonishing and fascinating to think of the digital advances that have been made since the early 90s. History shows us that the most innovative discoveries are often at the start of each century. Writing this in 2009, it’s obvious that we are in a period of digital discovery, with a 20th century education system struggling to adapt to the pace of change.
Technology and education in both the UK and Ireland are two areas that I cover regularly. Blogs and articles that I produce elsewhere will be linked from here so if you’re curious you can follow them.
I’ll leave you with a link to this excellent article: “Why People Hate Marketers“.
