The Internet of Things Infographic – Looking at this chart you will see how the internet has grown with no sign of slowing down and not just with people connecting but things. My experience with computers began in the 1970’s: In college, at the University of Maryland Baltimore County one entire floor of a building was our computer and we had to punch out our data on computer cards. We did have computers in the psychology lab that you could communicate directly with the College Park campus and we thought that was so cool. 1980’s: The administrator of the school where I taught saw the potential of computers and how soon every household would have a computer. That took longer than expected but who would have thought it would be one for every person in the household. In one of our Wednesday afternoon special courses, I assisted another teacher in teaching some DOS language to the elementary students. I also used a computer to inventory the books in the school library and started using the computer to write my notices to parents. A friend belonged to Prodigy, one of the first internet service providers and gave me some helpful information when I was taking a month-long trip to Europe with my sister. 1990’s: I would visit my sister in South Carolina, where she was connected to the internet through AOL and I got address. Once I moved there I got my own computer and was excited to use email to keep in touch with old friends, though not everyone had email yet. 2000’s: The school was connected to the internet in the classrooms and students could also access the internet. I got my first laptop in 2003 and a Smartphone in 2005 so I could have access to the internet whenever I wanted. I joined My Space and when Facebook opened up to more than college students I joined. Social networking was well on its way with Twitter and others to follow.
When did you first experience the internet?
Eating Alone: There’s Nothing Quite like Sharing a Meal with Someone you Love – Yourself – As a single person, I have eaten by myself in restaurants. I remember the first time, in my hometown, after my sister moved away I went to one of our favorite restaurants for a breakfast buffet. I thought about it just a little as the food was good so I didn’t really care. I guess the difference too is with a buffet there is no wait time, where you are sitting there alone waiting for your food to arrive. When I have traveled alone I have eaten alone but I am careful. In our society, when traveling or even at home I wouldn’t eat out alone at night for safety reasons.
Do you go out and eat alone?
