some thoughts on Web 2.0...

The first time I heard of Web 2.0 was last Saturday, February 6. I thought everything would be very technical and profound, only to realize that it was referring to interactivity in the web.
What a nice advancement social media are! We, as humans become more capable of handling and controlling our network capacity. Way back, friends are found only in real life surroundings but ever since social media began existing, friends can also be virtually known.
Reminiscing my high school days, my peers and I were fond of Friendster where we used to upload tons of pictures, shout outs, bulletins, and many more exciting thoughts we thought of. It really amused us as we felt like professional computer handlers because we were able to design layouts and backgrounds for our profiles just the way we wanted it. =) Hahaha! Those were the times back then.
Back to the present, Facebook, Twitter, and the like are some of the trends that emerged. Personally, I must admit that I do not have a Facebook account for myself because I avoid getting some sort of addiction over it. =P (better safe than sorry) I remember one very early morning when I went to an internet café. It was around 8am and the café had just opened. I found a little boy, roughly at age 7, busily attending to his Facebook account. It was sad to see such kind of scenario when people’s attention tends to be diverted to things not so essential as work and study instead of being productive as a real person. Well, who is to be blamed? I hold nothing against social network activities. It is just that people often tend to become bad users of such innovations. But I think these sad truths are likely to prevail as more innovation and interactivity over the Web emerge.
But then, putting aside that dark spot, a whole lot of ease, efficiency, and high technology are at work because of Web 2.0 and Social Media. Everything seems to be possible and attainable. I could just imagine myself doing business over the internet anytime, anywhere, and in any way I want it. The electronic mail (e-mail) is no longer the big thing as it stands side by side with other connective social media. The library, maps, cookbooks, advices, and every sought after information at any time by any one are no longer subject to physical, economical and whatever barriers.
The worlds can now be grasped in an instant. But more than being able of conducting almost everything because of the web, I just hope that there would be more transformed and better individuals because of it.