Week 2: Clear

I think that this week has brought with it a very interesting topic in my opinion. I find it fascinating to see the transformation in the world of technology that has taken place over the last century, and particularly the last few decades. Even in my lifetime, a mere 23 years its unbelievable how far we have come. I remember having computers that only had DOS and one floppy drive, and it wasn't one of those space aged 3.5inch, the good old reliable 5inch super compact. When we finally got a 3.5inch floppy I thought it might be impossible to fill the full 1.44mb capacity of that modern marvel. Since my meager beginnings I have seen every step of Microsoft's operating system, Windows, and dabbled in C, C++, Visual Basic, Java Script and made a few web sites including my latest for a friend at www.huegenics.com. Through all of this I was never really exposed to the history behind how we got here.

I'm not sure how to explain this to someone because it's not so much a concept as it is a background, but basically there is an incredible and sometimes seemingly unconnected chain of events that lead to me being able to write this blog for my online class today.

This is important for the businesses today only because it is always good to know how we got where we are today. Another reason I think that it is important to keep track is that this history is being made everyday with new technologies appearing around every corner.

There isn't really one particular site or resource that connects particularly well with my post but http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/ is a very interesting timeline that shows the progression of computer technology beginning in 1939 with the founding of Hewlett-Packard and mysteriously ends in 1994. I honestly had a very fun time surfing through the years.