The Birth of an Idea 17 Years Ago

"Almost precisely 17 years ago, a young British researcher from Cern, the European organisation for nuclear research, gave a presentation in Texas on a technology that was to change society dramatically. That same month, the Cern newsletter announced it to the world: it was called the World Wide Web."

• Can you remember life without the World Wide Web?
• Can you remember life without email?
• Can you remember life without a computer in your home?
• Can you remember life without your cell phone?
• Can you remember looking up newspaper articles on microfiche or microtape?

For those under 30, most really can't. They've always had access to these technologies. Today, I honor what started out as a presentation that changed our lives in incredible (and sometimes scary) ways. Please take a look at this article (The quote above came from this article). Read it... its very eye-opening, and a reminder to us of what we have now, courtesy a few dreamers.