Chapter 10

Web

It is hard to believe that we were still using dial-up internet about a decade ago, and it has only been a few years since we were able to get the internet on our mobile devices. These are technologies that I now cannot live without.

In all honesty, I admit that I usually don't surf the web on a mobile device. I'm a Generation Xer that had to adapt to the web after college. I was not raised on it like the kids who were born shortly after me. The simple truth is that I use the web best when I am at a desktop or on a laptop, with a mouse and the clickity-click of a keyboard in front of me. I've tried using the web from my smartphone, and I found the screen too constricting, the touchscreen keyboard nothing short of annoying. I ...

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