This was prepared for my presentation on April 29, 2009, before Dr. Leonard Kleinrock spoke via webcast to my students USC Upstate [in Spartanburg, SC.] I was unable to share it, but I wanted to share my research and enthusiasm I have for one of the greatest technologies - the Internet.

1. The Internet
How our world has changed

2. We have technology, finally, that for the
first time in human history allows people
to really maintain rich connections with
much larger numbers of people.
Pierre Omidyar
eBay founder and Internet Entrepreneur
Famous for: Becoming a billionaire through the
Internet with successful companies like Ebay.com

3. Internet Sensation: Susan Boyle
Susan Boyle defied her
critics and the world. Since
the video first appeared on
You Tube, she currently
has over 48 million page
views.

4. There is no question that the
Internet is now a mainstream
medium. In 2009, the US Internet
population will grow to nearly 200
million users, or 65% of the total
population. By 2013, 221 million
people will be online, nearly 70%
of the population.
"US Internet Users" emarketert.com. 27 April 2009 <"http://www.emarketer.com/Reports/All/
Emarketer_2000561.aspx>

5. Internet or televison: What would
you choose?
When New Yorkers were
asked this question the
responses were not
surprising.

6. Top U.S. web sites we love
to visit daily.

7. Top U.S. web sites we love
to visit daily.

8. Top U.S. web sites we love
to visit daily.

9. Top U.S. web sites we love
to visit daily.

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to visit daily.

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to visit daily.

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to visit daily.

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to visit daily.

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to visit daily.

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to visit daily.

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to visit daily.

17. Top U.S. web sites we love
to visit daily.

18. Media Convergence
The media has drastically
changed in the last 5
years. Is the Internet
threatening traditional
medias?

19. Social Networking
Facebook, MySpace,
Twitter are all social media
websites, and have played
an important role for the
‘net generation.’

20. Music Online
This revolutionized our
online experience by
listening to music without
ever having to go to the
store.

21. The Internet:
Who really invented it?

22. Did Al Gore invent the Internet?
Here's what Gore actually
Former United States
Vice President Al Gore said, during an interview
did not invent the with CNN's Wolf Blitzer:
Internet. What's more,
he never said he did! "During my service in the
United States Congress I
Gore's contributions to took the initiative in
the development of creating the Internet. I took
the Internet as we the initiative in moving
know it were quite forward a whole range of
significant. initiatives that have proven
to be important to our
country's economic growth
and environmental
protection, improvements
in our educational system."

23. The Internet has become such an integral
part of our lives, with such powerful
capabilities, that it is easy to forget that
this technological marvel was created by
the long, hard, dedicated efforts of human
beings -- folks who had a vision of what
universal networking could become and
worked to make it happen.
Stewart, William. 2006 “Internet History, How the Internet was
invented created" LivingInternet.com. 24 April 2009 <"http://
www.livinginternet.com/i/ii.htm>

24. Brief History of the Internet
The conceptual foundation
for creation of the Internet
was significantly developed
by three individuals and a
research conference, each
of which changed the way
we thought about
technology by accurately
predicting its future:
Stewart, William. 2006 "Internet History
One-Page Summary - How Invented,
Created" LivingInternet.com. 24 April 2009
<"http://www.livinginternet.com/i/
ii_summary.htm>

25. Vannevar Bush
He wrote the first visionary
description of the potential
uses for information
technology with his
description of the "memex"
automated library system.
Stewart, William. 2006 "Internet History
One-Page Summary - How Invented,
Created" LivingInternet.com. 24 April 2009
<"http://www.livinginternet.com/i/
ii_summary.htm>

26. Norbert Wiener
He invented the field of
Cybernetics, inspiring
future researchers to focus
on the use of technology to
extend human capabilities.
Stewart, William. 2006 "Internet History
One-Page Summary - How Invented,
Created" LivingInternet.com. 24 April 2009
<"http://www.livinginternet.com/i/
ii_summary.htm>

27. Marshall McLuhan
He made the idea of a
global village
interconnected by an
electronic nervous system
part of our popular culture.
Stewart, William. 2006 "Internet History
One-Page Summary - How Invented,
Created" LivingInternet.com. 24 April 2009
<"http://www.livinginternet.com/i/
ii_summary.htm>

28. Dartmouth Artificial
Intelligence Conference
In 1956, crystallized the
concept that technology
was improving at an
exponential rate, and
provided the first serious
consideration of the
consequences.
Stewart, William. 2006 "Internet History
One-Page Summary - How Invented,
Created" LivingInternet.com. 24 April 2009
<"http://www.livinginternet.com/i/
ii_summary.htm>

29. ARPANET - The First Internet
The ARPANET was the first
wide area packet switching
network, the "Eve" network
of what has evolved into
the Internet
Stewart, William. 2006 "Arpanet, Internet,
Created" LivingInternet.com. 24 April 2009
<"http://www.livinginternet.com/i/
ii_arpanet.htm>

30. Leonard Kleinrock
“Father of the Internet”
He developed the mathematical
theory of packet networks, the
technology underpinning the Internet.
His host computer at UCLA became
the first node of the Internet in
September 1969.
He also directed the transmission of
the first message ever to pass over
the Internet in October 1969.
Stewart, William. 2006 "Leonard Kleinrock and the
Arpanet" LivingInternet.com. 24 April 2009 <"http://
http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_kleinrock.htm>

31. Leonard Kleinrock the “Father of the Internet”

32. The Internet?
The future of the Internet
predicted in 1969.