I Am Glad Someone Said The Internet Is Boring

I am involved in all kinds of technologies and playing with creating content on the web - yet I always wonder - is all of this "stuff" I do worth it?  According to Mark Cuban, the Internet is old and boring.  Whew.  I am glad someone said it.

I am forced to agree with a lot of things he is talking about in his post.  I get e-mails on a daily basis about what cool things are happening on the 'net.  I just can't get overly excited about it because, I suppose, I have watched it all happen before.  Aren't there still children starving in Asia?  Or Africa?  Shouldn't we be getting excited about those things and how we can help to solve them?

One fact about the 'net that is very cool is a lot of these technologies are connecting people.  The Internet is (finally) becoming more about the people using it and not the  technology.  Most of those who are using the 'net for daily communications may be quite young still but they will be adults sooner than later and they will bring their technology savvy with them.

At least, we can hope.

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Shane Birley is a blogger, huge geeky nerd, web developer, poet, and creative writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is a partner at Left Right Minds, a web development, arts management, business blogging and on line marketing company.

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