Always On

Not only does our user-centric Youniverse provide a wealth of ways to access communications technology as computers, computing time, and transmission options become more diverse and inexpensive, but these communications are always on. Growing from the general availability of wireless broadband and the option to always be connected, the ability to connect is now a general expectation and considered a basic requirement for normal daily functioning.

 Consider that the newest generation of technology users doesn’t even know what it means to be disconnected. They don’t remember a time without the omnipresent devices that can access so many resources from anywhere.

 New architecture sites like YouTube (the leader of online video) and FaceBook (a popular utility for social networking) are structured for this new always on generation. These kinds of systems are continually accessible, so users can generate content and put it up in their chosen web environments, then let people know it’s there to be viewed at anytime. So instead of sending multiple emails with attachments, they put out the information once, and it’s there instantly, ready for action. Always connected has spawned the incredible growth of virtual online game environments. These are interactive content spaces where users, literally, create their own worlds.

 The opportunities to exchange information and ideas keep evolving, so you can connect in more ways with more people, all the time. How can these always on communications possibilities work for you? Are you using them, or stuck in the old paradigm of offline-online?