The Good Ship Network

Picture yourself on the cruise ship Network ready to depart for the 90 day around the world cruise. Thirty countries in 3 months. Wow, you are stoked! You booked an inside stateroom, not having the cash to upgrade. How will you mange in that web 1 like world, stuck looking at 4 walls, no patio deck to relax on and dream away an hour or two. Not even a porthole to view the occasional gull. Two weeks prior to embarkation, the good ship Network calls offering an upgrade. Seems deck 2 is open and they are offering a shared private pool, major privacy, a huge room, space to chill and dream, and a butler. A butler who will bring you anything from tiramisu, the finest wine, and your favorite land itineraries all arranged. All of this for a $300.00 upgrade!

This upgrade is available now on the network, not the ship Network, but the Web 2.0. I’m not certain Web 2 will upgrade your accommodations to include a pool, but you will be swimming in data as your personal butler serves all the information you can absorb.

Read the blurb below from USA Today. It is from Vance’s Functional literacy pages in Event Cycle 5 via Brazil from Bee Barbara Dieu Lycee Pasteur, http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2004-10-01-cover-web_x.htm.


Next big thing: the Web as Your Servant…Kevin Maney Posted 10/1/2004 2:53 AM Updated 10/1/2004 7:27 AM

“This coming wave doesn't even have a name yet. Some in tech call it the world network. A big part of the promise is that it will turn the Web around: Instead of having to find information or entertainment, it will find you — and be exactly what you want or need at that moment. The network becomes a butler.”

The Web 2 functioning as your personal butler is an intriging image. RSS feeds streaming in. Bogs served up on a silver platter. Your social calendar arranged on del.icio.us. Pod casting, skyping, and tapping in are just an easy reach away. For distraction there is wiki Wednesday but before you know it, you are moodling the week away. The network fueled by Web 2 is a great butler. All you need are the multiliteracies the butler demands, and reflective thought to ponder and digest all that the butler brings. And yes indeed, he brings a full plate.