Wednesday, January 03, 2007

The i-experience

The genes of a new born of today are wired with an extra helix which society calls today i-gene. The generation of today is totally wired onto the internet. Internet serves their pettiest of needs ranging from proposing a girl anonymously, to getting married over the net. Technology has grown leaps and bounds enabling the i-gen to move way ahead in means of communication and knowledge. From ancient vacuum tubed processing machines to the wireless networks of today technology surely has come a long way.

Teenage of today live in a world of their own- free, no-strings-attached, and ever exploring. When traditions, rules, parental pressure and society bind them; they try to break free through mediums such as the internet. Wireless networks or wi-fi enabled zones have been a blessing in disguise for youth to be let free in their worlds without the hassles of managing meters of wires or chords or being bound to a single space. Ice-cream parlours of 80s to the wireless parlors of today, built on wi-fi technology, have paved way for youth to venture, interact and do business networking too. The advent of PDAs, WAP enabled phones and Wi-fi enabled laptops have brought the virtual world all the more closer to the youth on the move.