As seen in the Albuquerque Journal, Rio Rancho and Westside sections 4/25/09
Do you realize if you still get your news from the nightly broadcasts on TV some would consider you a fuddy-duddy? Technology is expanding exponentially, and I am here to tell you I am riding its coattails. Yes, I have gone to the dark side. I joined Twitter.
Don't ask me to explain Twitter yet; give me a week. But what with all the technology out there like blogs, feeds, tweets, diggs, followers, friends and who's in your network, you can literally pick your poison to promote yourself or bone up on what's going on in the world.
How people get their news in today's world is so selective. You can go where you want, when you want to see whatever you are interested in. You can even have the news sent to your own cell phone when it happens.
There is a fascinating four-minute video Sony played at their executive conference this year called "Did You Know?" by Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod and Jeff Brenman on the progression of technology.
If you feel like the world is passing you by now, wait until you see this fast-paced techno slide show spewing facts and figures on how the world is moving at the speed of sound and America is not at the controls anymore.
You can view this video on my blog. Yes, I recently took another step into the fast lane and created a blog (www.jenniferhuard.blogspot.com ) which is not to be confused with my regular Web site (www.rightshadeofwow.com ) or my Twitter page (www.twitter.com/jenniferhuard ). Sheesh, I can barely keep up.
Blogs are Web sites that are updated much more frequently with more conversational and casual content than a traditional Web site. There are mommy blogs for mommies, celebrity blogs for stalkers, and travel blogs for the wanderlust crowd.
I do not have a page on MySpace or Facebook, two of the many social networking Web sites, and according to Fisch, McLeod and Brenman, I am not in with the in crowd. There are currently 200 million registered users on MySpace. That means if MySpace were a country, it would be the fifth largest in the world; between Indonesia and Brazil.
Fasten your seat belts, my friends, because the information super highway is moving at Mach 1 speed on a clear blue day with the left lane wide open and all the cops are at a spaghetti dinner awards banquet in town.
According to the trio's research, it took radio 38 years to reach a market audience of 50 million people. For TV, it took 13 years. The Internet four years, the iPod three years, and Facebook it took only two years to reach an audience of 50 million.
Faster. Faster. Faster.
It is estimated that a week's worth of the New York Times today contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century. Feeling smart and well versed? Well, not so fast, Americano.
The video continues to humble the American viewer with statistics showing China and India are winning the race: China will soon be the No. 1 English-speaking country in the world.
The 25 percent of India's population with the highest IQs is greater than the total population of the United States. In other words, India has more honors kids than America has kids. In a matter of 4:55 seconds, 67 babies were born in the U.S., 274 in China, and 394 in India. Now, don't you feel like a fuddy-duddy?
I am trying to hitch my wagon to the technology star, but I am still going to watch the news with Brian Williams every night to see which purple tie he is wearing and read the Journal every morning with coffee cup in hand, just the way I prefer it.
Quote of the Week: "I'm in with the in crowd; I go where the in crowd goes. I'm in with the in crowd; and I know what the in crowd knows." — The In Crowd by Billy Page.
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