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Thank God For The Internet!

by Adam Carn
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The internet has made a lot of things possible.

For us marketers, it's made making money from the comfort of our homes a reality.

We have the worlds biggest library at are convenience. And Google being the most helpful librarian.

Research is made a breeze. We no longer have go to our local libraries to do research we just push a few buttons and everything is in front of us.

We can become experts on a any subject and then compile our knowledge into digital material which we can then sell, digitally!

Imagine that. We don't even need to get up from our chairs.

If we can't be bothered to become experts and create our own products we can always sell other peoples "digital" products.

This becomes even simpler.

Or we can just sell a service, something we're good at.

We still have to work HARD to achieve success but we have everything right in front of us. On our screens.

We're free from 9-5 timetables, strict schedules, hard labour, angry bosses, rude co-workers and dictation.

We don't even have to leave home to earn a living anymore. Now that's a true blessing in my books.

We should be thankful.

Yes we have problems. not knowing where to start, finding it difficult to earn the first dollar, competition, Google slaps, Clickbank tracking, rip of gurus etc, but who cares!

I don't, I'm happy to dodge a few obstacles on the way to the top. I feel privilidged for this special opportunity.

And I thank God for it.

Adam
#god #internet
  • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
    Adam,

    Fine sentiments.

    But, to be fair, Tim Berners-Lee also played his part.


    Frank
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    • Profile picture of the author Adam Carn
      Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

      Adam,

      Fine sentiments.

      But, to be fair, Tim Berners-Lee also played his part.


      Frank
      LOL Timmy boy did a fine job!

      Adam
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  • Profile picture of the author shoeb000
    Internet is really amazing concept brought into world, i have learned so many stuffs from the internet world that i cant even imagine to study all those things from any other place..
    its like going country to country and asking each and every individual person about their opinion on what do you think about a small stuff which might turn out to be just another waste product. we can do that in seconds or minutes over internet, but cant imagine getting all those opinion in real life.

    As far as first ever Dollar is concerned, i remembered it, that was damn difficult to obtain. i was being scammed to death, to get my first ever Dollar.
    But now, it does look simple to get them.
    Best ever feature of internet is, you can learn anything and everything here.
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    • Profile picture of the author ryanbiddulph
      I agree. The ease with which relationships can be built with people around the world is awe-inspiring when you take the time to think about it.

      I was just chatting with someone from South Africa and I live the U.S. Without the internet this connection is probably not going to happen. I'm thankful each day that I make my living online.
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      • Profile picture of the author grayambition
        Agreed! When I was a kid (if I'm being honest, til I was about 40), if I wanted to do research, I had to go to the LIBRARY.

        For the young 'uns in the crowd, I'm not talking about a digital library. These library places were actual buildings, sometimes built with brick or wood, and they could be located MILES from your home. The horror!

        And once you got there, you had to go to a REAL card file that was housed in a REAL filing cabinet (usually made from some sort of metal) if you wanted to search the contents of the library. Oh, and if you wanted a book that the library didn't have, some libraries would get the book from another library, which was usually even more miles away from your home. This could take weeks.

        And sure, you could avoid that metal filing cabinet thing by browsing. But it's hard to explain how we browsed in the old days. We had to WALK around inside this building, and if we found a book we were interested in, we took the book off the shelves (again, these shelves were usually made from some sort of metal) and opened it (this process is NOT like opening a file, but it would take too long to describe).

        Oh, this is all just tooooo hard to explain. Just see Library - Wikipedia

        Yeah, the internet's a good thing. Mostly.
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        • Profile picture of the author Aj Wilson
          Yup... When Dad Created the world...

          He needed something to share and organize all the information
          so he doesn't forget (he's getting old ya know).

          So he created the internet to share, google to organize it,
          and facebook for fornication and adultery

          Jesus
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        • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
          Originally Posted by grayambition View Post

          And once you got there, you had to go to a REAL card file that was housed in a REAL filing cabinet
          "Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower, or a whiff of smoke can bring up experiences long forgotten. Books smell musty and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer has no texture, no context. It's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then the getting of knowledge should be... tangible. It should be smelly."

          Rupert Giles, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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          "The Golden Town is the Golden Town no longer. They have sold their pillars for brass and their temples for money, they have made coins out of their golden doors. It is become a dark town full of trouble, there is no ease in its streets, beauty has left it and the old songs are gone." - Lord Dunsany, The Messengers
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          • Profile picture of the author grayambition
            Originally Posted by CDarklock View Post

            "Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower, or a whiff of smoke can bring up experiences long forgotten. Books smell musty and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer has no texture, no context. It's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then the getting of knowledge should be... tangible. It should be smelly."

            Rupert Giles, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
            I love Buffy. I especially love Giles. I love books. I love this quote.

            Are you feeling the love yet?
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            Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. ~Mark Twain

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  • Profile picture of the author Gary King
    Technically, shouldn't we thank Al Gore?
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