It's the Internet as we know it...

Today I was on-line (surprise, surprise) and I came across this list on USAtoday.com. It's a list of the 25 innovations that shaped the 'net. It's similar to other lists we have look at in class, for example, the most visited websites, etc, but I thought it was still interesting to share with the class.

1. World Wide Web
2. E-mail
3. Graphical user interface
4. AOL
5. Broadband - no more dial-up! Yea!
6. Mosaic/Netscape
7. eBay
8. Amazon.com
9. Wi-fi
10. Instand Messaging
11. Yahoo!
12. Compuserve/Prodigy
13. The Well
14. Vices
15. Spam/Spyware
16. Flash
17. Online mapping tools
18. Napster
19. YouTube
20. The Drudge Report
21. Bloggers - clearly a big part of this class
22. Craigslist
23. Myspace - or, as I like to call it, mylife
24. Gaming
25. Google (actually google was number six, but I messed up typing the list...oops.)

Anyways, I'm sure everyone is more than framiliar with the 25 things on this list. It's amazing to think that 25 years ago, the Internet, as we know it, was just in the process of being created. Now, it is an enormous part of our everyday lives. It makes you wonder what is to happen next....