What a 2-year-old’s Vocabulary States Regarding the Future of the Internet

The latest generation will truly grow up in the internet age.

So-called “Generation Y“, which consists of people born over the last 30 years, is the first generation to grow up with computers and the internet most of their lives. My daughter is two-and-a-half, and I by now see the effects of this in her.

If she sees a computer mouse, she knows she’s supposed to move it and click the buttons to make stuff happen on the screen (like close daddy’s notable computer programs). If she sees a keyboard, she knows she supposed to peck at the keys.

Last night she stated, “Daddy, can we Skype with grandpa and grandma?”

Think regarding it. This two year old is video conferencing. And using the lingo, too.

When I started up my laptop to Skype with grandpa, the two of us sat there on the couch waiting for the Windows screen to finish loading.

“Daddy, is the computer booting up?”

Skype? Booting up? Using the computer? Unlike my generation (I’m 31) that had to learn the computer as it went mainstream, she will wonder what it was like to not have these conveniences. It’s kind of like how I wonder what it was like ahead of the mobile phone or TV.

As nominal internet users grow old and die, and the future generation becomes the current one, the internet will continue to become a ubiquitous medium.

Oh, and by the way, everyone will need a domain name.