Alright, this is my first attempt at a blog, so bear with me here. I'm a little short on ideas as I'm more interested in technology and engineering than topics such as the social implications of the American dream. I understand its value, but it may not be my can of worms. Running through the things mentioned so far in the course, I'll try to mix it up and do a few of the less prevalent topics discussed. Now I figure Fred might seize the opportunity to write about flavor blasted goldfish or something, so that leaves the Internet. We discussed the development of the social networks, and indeed that is why we're writing blogs, not letters or - I don't know - bulletin board articles.
       The Internet serves as a highly effective means of expanding, as well as organizing, our interests. Online accounts allow us to connect our self quickly and effortlessly with interesting information. Google in particular seems to be moving in that direction. Think about it: a google account has so many different products including Gmail, igoogle's widgets (jokes of the day, weather, headlines, etc), this blogger.com site, google docs, etc. If you had to have a separate account for each of those, all on separate websites. You would never be able to stay organized since the Internet is just such a massive labyrinth of data.
       In fact the sheer scale of the Internet is creating a social phenomenon in which all the social networks; twitter, facebook, etc, are viewed by many as a negative influence on a person's life. I, though I don't have such accounts believe that it's not their existence that causes the problem, it's merely the sheer enormity of the Internet. If you have millions of people connected to these websites, unless you find a place to draw the line, it becomes ridiculously easy to lose yourself in a deluge of such data. This makes the internet both a useful link to ways to bring interest into our lives, yet it can be in the case of those who use it lightly, superfluous.

       This is just something to think about. Please post if you found this informative, interesting, or else if you wish to debate a point that I made.