10 Life-Changing Benefits of the Internet Age
4. Online Training and Seminars
I remember a time that the only way you could get training on the job was either by going to a training class or having a trainer come into your workplace. Well, the landscape has certainly changed here. Webinars have become extremely popular in the internet age, bringing together a virtual class online. Gone are the travel costs for both the trainer and the trainee, which lowers the cost for the class itself. Anyone can basically put together a training class from the comfort of their own home with tools such as GoToMeeting. I regularly schedule GoToMeeting training classes with foreign counterparts and customers.
5. Searching
There were days when you wanted to learn more about a particular subject you would open a book, an encyclopedia or a dictionary. At my house, we always had a full collection of World Book Encyclopedias. When the end of each year came, we would receive the edition that chronicled that particular year. To this day I use a dictionary and thesaurus on a daily basis – but now they live online and not on my bookshelf. Today, we have lightning fast search engines that can give us thousands of links based on specific keywords. Just yesterday I used the internet to scope out farmer’s markets in my neck of the woods. Not only did I find a local one, but I got directions on how to get there.
7. Buying Online
If you can’t find it in a local store, you can always find it online. A case in point is that I recently could not find canned pumpkin anywhere in local stores. My wife uses pumpkin to make pumpkin breads, pumpkin ravioli and for other baking needs. It appears that there is a pumpkin shortage in the United States due to excessive rain. So, I mentioned to my wife that we should try to find it online – and we did. We were able to order a case of canned pumpkin for a fairly reasonable price. If you can’t find it at a local store, chances are you can find it online.