While the actual Telnet task outcome was underwhelming in itself, I've been considering the type of thinking that must have originally been behind the concept. Given that the technology precedes what we now know as the Internet those early initiators were clearly Super Thinkers!

What we commonly take for granted in the myriad ways in which the internet connects us to information anywhere in the world would possibly not be ours were it not for those bright sparks who had the foresight and the dedication to take a concept, a 'what if?', and make it work. Kudos!

Asking around tech-savvy colleagues and friends who have already completed tertiary education, the general consensus is that Telnet is 'old school' in terms of remotely accessing resource information. However, it is still used to facilitate some online gaming activities where remote access is required so perhaps it's not totally redundant just yet?

FTP, on the other hand, is still useful and as mentioned in my previous post, was the preferred method used in my PR/Publicist roles to distribute hi-res images, games screenshots and other big files to media. The fact that the file (especially big files) sits in 'cyberspace' instead of taking up space on my computer or the recipient's computer is an obvious plus.

Blinkenlights was a delight. Again I have to commend those incredibly creative and talented individuals of the world who continue to find new uses for existing applications. A few people I shared blinkenlights with, while acknowledging the obvious talent of its creators, also remarked that such creative output can only be the result of people having too much time on their hands.

Exactly! There is no innovation, development, discovery or creativity without dedication, effort, sheer dogged belief - and time.