.... but I digress....! The reason why I bring all that up is because early on in the series it was fairly obvious that the show was endorsed by Microsoft because at every given opportunity people were using Microsoft products.... and at one stage somebody actually says something that up until that point had never been said before in the history of the Internet.... they say the words "I binged it"
Binged it? Really? Now there has been much hype as of late about whether Bing is better than Google but even if it does turn out that Microsoft have developed a faster, better, groovier browser I really cannot see the phrase "binging it" catching on. I mean, ANYONE who has used the Internet EVER pretty much immediately knows what it means when somebody says that they've "Google" something - sorry Microsoft, but your Open Sourced rivals have well and truly won the nomenclature war.
Now I know that there are still firms out there that severely restrict their employees internet usage (although most of the time this is just ensuring that they don't spend over 50% of their time trawling through Facebook or other social media websites) and even if you are restricted from using the Internet at work, most of us nowadays have access via our smartphones.
Ask any of our friends, but those "I wonder what happened to...." questions all receive answers in a matter of minutes in our social gatherings because one of us has got Internet access on at least one device (phone, tablet, e-reader.... the amount of devices one can pack in your handbag nowadays can be quite large indeed. I tend to carry around at least 3)!
Similarly I am often perplexed that folks in the workplace think it is more convenient for them to ask a colleague how to do something on their computer when they are sitting in front of a machine that would probably facilitate the take over of a small country if only they knew how to use it properly.
The Internet has come a very long way since it was first made available to the general public in the early 90s but of course, like computing in general, the technology has been there for all to use from the creation of the very first browser. However, few of us know how to use the tools effectively and for maximum gain.
The best entry that I have found regarding how to Google (or how to Bing.... no, nobody but Helena's aunt Bings, everybody else GOOGLES!) is here by Josh Catone (from Mashable), so I won't be reinventing the wheel for you like Microsoft seems so desperate to do with every wheel in existence.
How did I find it? Easy. I just googled "how to google" and it happened to be the very first hit in my return list.....
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