source: http://mashable.com/2012/11/09/happy-8th-birthday-firefox/
Did you know that it was Mozilla Firefox's 8th birthday? For most of us, I am guessing no... unless of course you happen to be a tech buff or digital enthusiast (or at some point in your life decided to 'like' or 'follow' Mozilla Firefox).
The fact that Firefox is only 8 years old is almost hard to believe. That's because in many senses Firefox feels like a dinosaur--something that we have all used or tried at some point in the past and then moved away from (probably towards Chrome, Safari, or even back to Internet Explorer). Reflecting on Mozilla Firefox's 8 year old birthday brings up a critical point about the truly rapidly changing pace of the digital landscape.
As an individual who works his day job at The Coca-Cola Company, where 1 year yields little to no progress in the grand scheme of the brand's 125 year old history, it is just absolutely fascinating how quickly the digital landscape is changing, ranging from the players who are in it and the tools there are to understand it, to very rules of the game itself (ala YouTube, Facebook, Netflix, Hulu, Groupon, Instagram, iPhone/iPad, Surface, etc).
The digital world of today may very quickly become the digital world of yesteryear--Scary right? I guess the rapid pace of change gives us all the more reason to keep up with all this digital stuff. What will the next 8 years bring?
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