Cut Through the Net Hype
(Rodolpho Carrasco)
July 1, 1996
WHEN I FIRST HEARD HYPE about the World Wide Web, I bought it. I surfed for hours at a time, sometimes all night. But after excessive early use I learned a truism: Many can post a web page, but few can refresh it regularly with new and interesting content. After a few months I tired of the burning eyes and chronic lack of sleep that accompanied the "discovery" of page after mediocre page. Random web-surfing marathons gave way to my current cyberspace modus operandi: the web burst. Now I log on to the Net at least twice a day for ten to fifteen minutes each session. My primary purpose is to receive and send e-mail. After dispensing with e-mail I surf preselected sites. I usually check cnn (cnn.com) for the latest news, SportsZone (espnet.sportszone.com) for scores, PCWeek (www.pcweek.com) and MacWeek (www.macweek.corn) to keep up with the computer industry, and Browserwatch (browserwatch.iworld.com) to stay current with the browser software wars and updated on new browser plug-ins. So these days, when unwired friends and colleagues ask if they are missing out by being offline, I answer no and yes. No, you are missing nothing vital. But I also say yes because it is a fact that subtle life enhancements await your appropriation. For each person the enhancements will be different. Here are five I gladly call my own. Up-to-the-Minute Tracking
When I was a managing editor of a magazine I really needed the Federal Express web site (www.fedex.com). Using your package number, you can find out exactly where your package is at any given moment. Now, if it absolutely, positively has to be there on time, you can hold somebody accountable if it isn't. And the people on the other end can no longer fudge and say they never received the package. ...
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