Can you believe that Google have been around for 10 years already, a company who has acheived so much and made a real stamp on the world. I was reading a crime book the other day and they are referenced in there, I have heard the name many a time in films – it just goes to show how powerful a brand they are.
In celebration to their 10 years success they have launched their old browser Google have cleverly used an Internet Archive to show websites how there were then!
It is amazing to think how different things were 10 years ago, how many of us now use the web every day for so many different parts of our lives? I for one use the web every day now – at home to search for cheaper household goods, bills, childrens clothing, I use Facebook to chat with friends, join groups and see photos of my old school friends; my mobile allows me to talk, email, take, send and store photos as well as keep a diary of things coming up. At work I use the web to talk to our customers, read about new ideas, email and OCS colleagues, set up a Sharepoint site for a project joining myself up across all of our offices. How clever, but scary at the same time as to how times change and technology jumps ahead every day.
10 years ago there was no Facebook, YouTube or iTunes site you printed photos by taking your film in somewhere, not lay it on top of other images in Flickr to create new pieces of art. You could pretty much order anything to your house and work from home could you become this New Age hermit? It feels to me like I have always been able to do these things, I cannot imagine meeting a friend in town and not being able to text them if I am lost or late, I do not read maps so well anymore due to SatNav, and never pick up a reference book I check Google – how did we cope!! Can you imagine not sending a quick email rather than a letter; storing your photos in albums paper format rather than online and being able to print them out in whatever size and format you require at the time.
Where was your business 10 years ago? How did you do business or cope outside of work? Would be great to hear your thoughts on this.
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