What Happens On the Internet In Sixty Seconds ...

{photo courtesy: kcdsTM via Flickr}

from: Richard Bravo
somewhere in northwestern Wyoming...
Thursday June 22, 2011 1:55pm

Howdy from big sky country.
Its a beautiful day here. The smell of rain is lingering through the valley after a pretty awesome thunder storm doused us this morning. It's an intoxicating fragrance that energizes everything.

Did You Know...
A typical lighting bolt can travel upwards of 140,000 mph, reach temperatures of nearly 54,000 °F and exert about 1000 volts of electricity. That's roughly 8.5x more than a common household outlet. That is a tremendous amount of power in a matter of nanoseconds.

So I've been thinking about since I woke up. And when I made my way online I found this graphic this morning through a friends Facebook post and with the power of the storm on my mind, it got me thinking about the power of a few seconds and what can take place in a small amount of time.

{click image to zoom} - infographic courtesy: Go-Globe.com

Well, based on this info graphic which depicts what happens online in 60 seconds, the reach and power of the internet and it's impact on humanity is just as awesome if you think about it.

Tweets, blog posts, Facebook updates, email, video, millions of bits of digital information zooming back and forth near the speed of light.

• A new business being started. 
• Someone finding a possible solution to cure or treat a health challenge. 
• A child learning how space travel works. 
• Lovers, parents, friends, communicating around the world. 
• Opinions shared and the balance of power shifted by a connected global community.

Life and all it entails, right there for us to witness at the click of a button.
... wow.

Here's the list broken down with links to some of the referenced resources.

• 1 new definition is added on Urban Dictionary www.urbandictionary.com
• 1,600+ reads on Scribd - www.scribd.com
• 13,000+ hours of music streamed on Pandora - www.pandora.com
• 12,000 new ads posted on Craigslist - www.craigslist.com
• 370,000+ minutes of voice calls on Skype - www.skype.com
• 98,000+ Tweets
• 320+ new Twitter accounts created - www.twitter.com
• 100+ new accounts opened on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com
• 1 new article published on Associated Content - www.asociatedcontent.com
• 6,600+ new pictures uploaded to Flickr - www.flickr.com
• 50+ downloads of Wordpress - wordpress.org
• 125+ Wordpress plugins downloaded - wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
• 695,000+ Facebook status updates
• 79,364 Facebook wall posts - www.facebook.com
• 510,040 Facebook comments
• 1,700+ Firefox downloads - www.firefox.com
• 694,445 Google search queries
• 168,000,000 eMails are sent
• 60+ new Blogs are created
• 1,500+ Blog posts are published
• 70+ domain names are registered - www.godaddy.com
• 600+ new videos are posted to YouTube - www.youtube.com
• 25+ hours of video are streamed on YouTube
• 100+ questions are asked on Answers.com - www.answers.com
• 40+ questions are asked on Yahoo! Answers - answers.yahoo.com
• 13,000+ iPhone applications are downloaded - www.itunes.com
• 20,000+ new posts are made on Tumblr - www.tumblr.com

 

Pretty cool huh?
A lot happens on the internet in 60 seconds. 

And that's just a selection from the top activities. Imagine all the other things people use this incredible technology for. What ever it means to you and what ever you glean from the information, I hope it inspires you and opens your eyes to the amazing world we live in.

So take a minute to share what your thoughts are with everyone by answering this question.

What Is The Key Takeaway You Get From This Information?  

Till next time ...
Live Long andProsper
~Richard

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Richard Bravo is an artist, writer, outdoorsman and entrepreneur living
in the rugged mountainous splendor of North Western Wyoming.
Catch up with him on his blog at www.RichardBravo.com
And don't forget to connect with Richard on Facebook and Twitter @RichardBravo
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