What a small world…
So I was just checking out the Meeblog (from the folks who bring us Meebo) and I saw the coolest thing! A near-real-time (15 minute delay) map of meebo traffic showing how many people are using Meebo from which parts of the world. It’s really very informative. I was amazed at just how connected different parts of the world are. To think that I could talk to someone in India or Brazil just as easily as someone in California. But it’s also amazing to look at how much of the world ISN’T connected. Granted, large portions of Asia, Africa, and Australia are very sparsely populated, but there are plenty of other parts of the world that are densely populated that just don’t yet have things like internet access yet. It’s an old and somewhat cliché term, but this is the real digital divide.
(As an amusing note here, I originally started writing the note this morning around 10. I just checked it again a minute ago at about 3:30, and most of the eastern half of the world is offline. I guess they do need to sleep sooner or later.)
