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I found out about Internet Week in New York from Associated Content’s call to action for submitting content.  I submitted an entry and hopefully it will get accepted and I will win $5000.  Wouldn’t that be nice?  Of course it would.

Here is the entry I did not submit to them.  Just some random thoughts about how having New York host an Internet Week could impact web users.

What do you think of when you hear the words, Internet Week In New York?  Is it going to be some huge party where everyone walks around with phones sticking out of their ears pulling carts containing their laptops behind them?  I can just see all the techies gathering at Central Park for Bill Gates and Steve Jobs teaming up for a duet of the famous song, “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, sung in Karaoke style.

Maybe I am a bit off the wall here, but just what does it mean when the Big Apple dedicates a whole week to the Internet?  What sort of credibility does that give the Internet?  Why did it take so long for New York to have Internet Week?  Or is this something I have not heard of before now?  To me the internet has always been credible.  I won’t bombard you with facts, because this is not a research or scientific article.  This is about my reaction to Internet Week in New York and how I foresee the changes that will take place after this event.

The Internet allows people to sit around in their pajamas to research, or play, or conduct business from home.  That is one of the personas.  Another one is that people who are antisocial hang out on the Internet avoiding facing people up front.  It is easier for some to gain acceptance on the Internet then it is in person.  You can find people with really poor social skills on the Internet.  Events such as Internet Week in New York are going to change that.  People are going to come out of the “I’m a geek, or a dork”, closet and be mainstreamed. Will New York hosting of a Geek Fest result in geek tolerance?  Wouldn’t that be cool?

There are many seasoned geeks who see no need to hide the fact we find this all amusing and entertaining.  At the same time it will be fun to see how the Internet evolves after such a week.  I predict that the social sites will boom after Geek Fest in New York.  I also predict that the need for live interactive coaching that teaches how to use the Internet is going to grow in demand.

That is why I am ahead of the trend and an Internet success coach with the Mastermind Pros team.  We do have our own website and we do have live interactive coaching sessions seven days a week.  I feel that after Internet Week and the publicity, more and more people are going to become interested in actual interaction where it goes beyond typing and the use of online conferencing is going to boom.

Thank you New York for the opportunities you are going to present for several hundreds, if not thousands of people, by hosting Internet Week.  The Internet world will never be the same after your event.