In a small, dimly-lit room, sits a young girl. On her face is a smile, stretching from ear to ear. Her gaze is straight ahead, intense, as she reads the words sent to her by her father - who is currently five thousand kilometres away and sound asleep. She's reading her e-mail.
Technology has the wonderful ability to make time and place irrelevant.
It can bring together families, co-workers, researchers, or simply fans of an obscure British novelist. Only a few decades into the information age, we've already discovered thousands of new ways to communicate. People are sharing ideas, discovering vast amounts of information on every imaginable topic and eliminating boring, repetitive tasks. Netizens are socializing in unconventional ways and making friends in countries halfway around the globe. Digital technology has created a fundamental change in the way the world works.