As the World Changes…

The reality of life is that we are living in a different world than our parents once lived.  A digital world.  Today we can barely get by without checking our phone, email, text messages, music files, etc.  People are constantly on their Blackberries and iPhones, among other personal mobile devices.  Social networks have virtually exploded, allowing us more opportunities to connect with technology and one another.

Each and every day the world is changing and there’s nothing we can do to stop it.  So, we embrace change and go with the flow. Think back one hundred years to 1909, when many of the conveniences we enjoy today had not yet been invented.  Imagine life without traffic lights, zippers, toasters, band-aids, hair dryers, sunglasses, ball point pens, Velcro, duct tape and milk cartons, just to name a few. Think of how different our lives would be without these objects we take for granted. Over these past one hundred years the world has continued to change and evolve. The earth’s population has increased by almost five billion people…that’s an incredible number!  With this increase comes an increase in the use of social media tools.  Here are a few interesting statistics:

•    Two billion Google searches per day (average)
•    684 million visitors to Wikipedia last year
•    900,000 blogs uploaded per day (average)
•    175 million active Facebook users
•    Over 1,470,000,000 Tweets to date

The world online continues to evolve and a transition from websites to social networks is emerging.  People want to interact by sharing thoughts and posting ideas or articles to their own sites and others.  Bookmarking sites such as, Digg, Del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, and Reddit are dedicated solely to this purpose. The internet is turning into a method of gathering information personalized to the individual; acting as our own daily scrapbook of our online lives.  Everyone uses the Web differently.  Think about all of the reasons you go online today, versus five or ten years ago.

As the world continues to evolve we will only become more ingrained in this fast pace of life, so take 4 minutes and 55 seconds out of your busy life to relax and watch this video of how the world is currently changing.

Hope you enjoy it!