It may seem farfetched and almost unattainable, but with the rapid growth of technology, most notably the use and adaptation of the internet, accessing the web has become an integral part of our lives. The internet started as a small network of scientists sharing data and has now exploded into a vast source of more than just information. The cloud is more -- it is a way for people to connect, share, watch, and learn. “On average, American adults are now spending just under 4 hours each day online; that is an 81% increase over 2006 numbers”(BizNet) The net has replaced so many traditional objects and is now replacing even more, your mothers cookbook is now online with 200 times the recipes, your dictionary is replaced by a search engine that can find words faster than you ever could, your television is now on the web with all the shows you could ever want, the list is never ending, reaching newspapers, encyclopedias, photo albums, hand written letters, and much more. Although physical items moving to the WWW may have come as a surprise to some, even more interesting is cloud computing, in which items already found on your computer have gone to the net. The cloud has become an endless expanding wildfire, engulfing everything in its path, with those stuck outside of it considered “old-gen”. This mass movement shows the readiness and willingness that the public has on taking the internet wherever they go.
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