Like many of you I use the Internet for a good portion of my waking hours to do a multitude of tasks including researching for articles and writing my blog posts. Last evening while roaming around the Internet I stumbled upon an article which covered how TV content would be coming our way on the Internet. This is when something hit me? Are we becoming so dependant on the Internet that our lives are being controlled by our computers, cell phone or other devices? 

I can only look back on how the Internet has changed my life during the past 15 years that I have been surfing. I recall discovering a new kid on the block called Yahoo that made finding stuff on the Internet easier for most of us. I also recall using Netscape as my primary browser since Internet Explorer had yet to be developed. Our system used POTS [Plain Old Telephone System] to connect at a speed that one can only describe as dismal and slower than molasses. Maintaining a connection without a disconnect became an art as all of us would seek answers to the computer problems that plagued all of us. Email became our primary means of communication since it provided us with a way to contact multi people at once providing them with the same message. 

Today we use the Internet for just about everything in our lives. I rarely shop at brick and mortar stores any longer but make the majority of my purchases online. I use the Internet as my primary source of information including news, social networking, tv program updates, blogging, shopping, weather, movie rentals, email and now streaming movies. Which brings up my asking this question.

Are we allowing the Internet to consume our lives? If the Internet went down for an extended period of time would our lives come to a screaming halt?

Share your thoughts with us.

PS Another thought. When was the last time you sat down and wrote a letter to anyone?