IEEE has been at the forefront of this as the technological development as attested by the following story. In 1966, he was a director at the Pentagon's Advanced Research Projects Agency and later at Xerox's brand new Palo Alto Research Center. He was one of the first to see the computer as a communications and networking device. JCR Licklider's 1960 article 'Man-Computer Symbiosis' article in IEEE's Transactions journal prophesized much of this. Just peruse IEEE's journals.
Geeks are the new media darlings.
We have a new TV program called Geeks and Freaks. Every week, IPO newbies strike Internet and Web riches. Yes, read that as a 'b' not an 'm'. The Forbes 400 now includes more engineers than movie moguls. Many of America's 'best and brightest' are moving to the Web.