I have spent nearly two years working on designing web sites. Many things have changed just within the two years. My intent in this is to describe and analyze the changes in the industry, the latest trends and technologies, and relate these things to how they can benefit you, the Internet enthusiast who sees the potential of the new technology but is lost on the highway of endless information. The hype has calmed down After a few years of the dot-com craze, it seems like the big hype over the new communication technology has calmed down. Perhaps it is time for many of us to rethink what we expect from it.
Media theorists debate over whether the Internet is the mass medium of the future.
The Internet is slowly becoming a commodity that we use in a more and more defined way. However, it still does have a long way to go to compete with a well-defined medium such as television. If I think of the Internet, I can t help but say one word information. Information includes many different aspects of what we communicate from commercial messages, entertainment, education, all the way to delivering an image of oneself. Identity has been becoming increasingly important message to deliver through the Internet.