A recent Cinchcast really got me thinking about why the Internet is great.  Imagine the days before Facebook, before the 14.4kbps modem, heck before the consumer Internet existed.  There were no cell phones, Zuckerberg wasn’t even a thought yet and many phones still had rotary dials. 

Can you imagine running a home business with no access to a cell phone?  You can’t leave the house because you don’t want customers hearing your cheesy answering machine message.  You want to be there and responsive.  That person was stuck at home all day!  Now, you carry your phone around all day and be “in the office” when you’re out buying groceries at Whole Foods.  I can sit on an airplane toilet and tweet and get hoards of people replying on whatever was on my mind at 30,000 feet.  That is pure insanity.  The amount we’re connected as a society using new technologies like cell phones, laptops and services like Twitter and text messaging is mind boggling. 

These kind of technologies have really provided lots of freedom and democracy to small business owners and the average Joe alike.  Many bloggers talk about how tech overload can cause us to sit indoors and tweeting, facebooking etc.  An almost counter-productive effect.  I would disagree.  There has to be balance to anything in life.  I love that I carry my network in my pocket and can access them instantly with text, audio or even video.  Don’t you?

I love these times…