Thinking of a topic for this assignment was pretty easy since I don't really use the Internet for too much and don't really understand computer talk. So it was either chatting online or e-mail and the one thing I do use on a regular basis is e-mail. Although I don't think it's the best way to keep in touch it's convenient.
Since the last decade or so electronic mail, the exchange of messages over an electronic communication system, has become extremely valued. Our society today depends on e-mail, whether it be for work or pleasure. I know for myself and most others e-mail has become our primary way of contact. Some may disagree but e-mail is the one thing I value the most on the web. E-mail definitely has it's down sides. For one it isn't as personable as face-to-face contact. It doesn't take the time and effort of writing a letter or sending a card. But we still do it. Keeping in touch has never been easier. It is fast and easy. It's a short cut. We no longer need to depend on snail mail. We know within a matter of seconds we can send and receive mail; letters, forwards, cards, pictures, etc.
Growing up in a Technology Era we know that what may be in one day is out by the next day. Regardless of what all the World Wide Web has to offer, e-mail we know will never grow out of style. We know this because there is an estimated 1.1 billion e-mail users worldwide and approximately 171 million e-mails sent per day (Fun fact). So many people in our culture depend on e-mail. We can check our e-mail accounts where ever we may be.
The first development of e-mail dates back to 1965 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They referred to the electronic mailing system as MAILBOX (History of e-mail). The early stages of e-mail allowed multiple users of a time-sharing mainframe computer to communicate but only allow messages to be sent to the same computer which was until Ray Tomlison. Tomlinson was officially credited with inventing the e-mail in 1972. He created the way to address or represent sending e-mails from one computer to another with the symbol @.
With the help of the ARPANET computer programming system and the hundreds of military users, e-mail expanded and things steadily developed.Eventually e-mail helped towards creating the Internet. In 1975 John Vital developed some software to organize email and by 1976 e-mail had taken off (History of e-mail). Today anyone can use the Internet, as well as e-mail. It's hard to imagine our lives any different.
Since the last decade or so electronic mail, the exchange of messages over an electronic communication system, has become extremely valued. Our society today depends on e-mail, whether it be for work or pleasure. I know for myself and most others e-mail has become our primary way of contact. Some may disagree but e-mail is the one thing I value the most on the web. E-mail definitely has it's down sides. For one it isn't as personable as face-to-face contact. It doesn't take the time and effort of writing a letter or sending a card. But we still do it. Keeping in touch has never been easier. It is fast and easy. It's a short cut. We no longer need to depend on snail mail. We know within a matter of seconds we can send and receive mail; letters, forwards, cards, pictures, etc.
Growing up in a Technology Era we know that what may be in one day is out by the next day. Regardless of what all the World Wide Web has to offer, e-mail we know will never grow out of style. We know this because there is an estimated 1.1 billion e-mail users worldwide and approximately 171 million e-mails sent per day (Fun fact). So many people in our culture depend on e-mail. We can check our e-mail accounts where ever we may be.
The first development of e-mail dates back to 1965 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They referred to the electronic mailing system as MAILBOX (History of e-mail). The early stages of e-mail allowed multiple users of a time-sharing mainframe computer to communicate but only allow messages to be sent to the same computer which was until Ray Tomlison. Tomlinson was officially credited with inventing the e-mail in 1972. He created the way to address or represent sending e-mails from one computer to another with the symbol @.
With the help of the ARPANET computer programming system and the hundreds of military users, e-mail expanded and things steadily developed.Eventually e-mail helped towards creating the Internet. In 1975 John Vital developed some software to organize email and by 1976 e-mail had taken off (History of e-mail). Today anyone can use the Internet, as well as e-mail. It's hard to imagine our lives any different.
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This is a great topic and you are off to a good start. However, I'd like to see future writing a bit more grounded in your research -- it's not until the end of your post that you discuss the history of the technology. I'd also like to see more thought put into the connections between these events -- how do decisions made in the 60s and 70s affect the communication technologies you use today? Finally, please review the length requirement for these essays.
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