The sandbox of ingenuity

Welcome to the Goleman Networks CEO blog. I decided to start this blog for two reasons, first I have a desire to write about topics that are of interest to me personally and my company, second I thought it would be a good way to experiment with blogging and how it can be used to effectively communicate information.


As I write this, I have no idea if anyone will ever read what I write, who am I in the grand scheme of things after all? However, it is my hope that if someone does read this blog that they may find something of interest or value to you or your company. I intend to write about topics relevant to web hosting, running a hosting and network consulting company, Internet technologies, God and business and related topics that I find interesting or compelled to write about.


I think back to the 1990's when I first encountered the Internet from my home computer using America Online to dial-up. Oh, how times have changed, instead of dialing up at 2400Kbps (or less) most users of the Internet are now instantly connected to the net at more than 1Mbps.


What is it that is driving the phenomenal growth of the Internet? Information? Convenience? Anonyminity? Lower Costs? Perhaps all of these, any many more, are reasons for the Internet's continued growth, but I believe it is being the sandbox of ingenuity that continues to drive the exponential growth of the Internet. The Internet is the only tool that I can think of where ordinary people can take an idea and bring it into reality for millions of people, all from their living room. People from all around the world now quickly exchange information and ideas with click of a button. Never before has this kind of communication been possible, that amazes me.


But what we do with this new tool ultimately determines its worth to human society as . We can choose to make use of this tool for the betterment of mankind or we can use this tool to our own demise. I see so much potential for the Internet, but I also see the great potential for it to be used for evil and destruction. I liken the Internet and the revolution that it is spurring to atomic energy and the revolution it brought (and continues to bring), so much power and potential to solve so many problems and help so many people, but it comes with an equally destructive potential.

I believe we are still in the pioneering stages of the Internet, learning and exploring this great new world. I will continue to post about the Internet and my thoughts on its use in future posts.