Change is the only constant thing in the realm of Technology.
And it is swift.
It is fast.
Climb on board fast.
For it stops for no one.
Since the introduction of the Internet to the public market in the early 1990's (popularised use in the recent decade), communication on this globaslised network platform has witnessed radical changes in the ways and means in which people converse and indulge in their little tete-a-tetes.
We are the era that have experienced age of the IRC (internet-relay-chat), and have had the luxury of witnessing the revolutionary change of that initial black and white, box-screened windows of conversation evolve into the more superior and sophisticated MSN Messenger chat programme that most individuals have installed on their computers. The latest version comes along with fringe functions such as the ability to categorise fellow online peers into groups and favourites, along with a mini search engine for one's personal list of contacts, so that one is able to easily distinguish and locate particular individuals. On top of that, starkly different from the old IRC days, there is the opportunity of customising your own profile and user-chat-screen with the new "customize" options they have available. Individuals are now able to show off their own personal style with custom scenes, animated icons and graphics, along with signature sounds. We also see that, communication isn't just strictly about the exchange of written words and utterances. With the file-sharing services provided, friends and family are now able to view photographs and listen to songs together.
But yes, as mentioned aforehand, "Change" is the only constant thing, and we will soon observe the emergence of social networking platforms such as that of MySpace, later to be superceded by Facebook, that have both brought people to people communication to a complete whole new level. Gone were the days of camping by your computer screen all day and night in pensive wait of catching that special someone online so that you might engage in captivating conversation similar to that of the night before. With the birth of social online platforms, personal individual profiles are perpetually available at the typing of letters on the keyboard and a few clicks of the mouse, bringing to life the element of 24/7 communication between multiple users of the network. It is a breathtakingly remarkable notion and i think my grandfather would never have conceived such a phenomenon possible, even in his wildest dreams. (back then, written communication manifested in the form of postmen-delivered snail-mail).
