One of my favorite features of the internet and the worldwide web is being able to visit the same site in multiple ways using multiple devices. I don't know enough about the technical history of the web to know if sites and devices have always been aware of each other or if that is a more recent development. With a Gmail login and password, I get access to my Google Drive and I can use Google Docs to write posts on my Google Blogger blog, called "Fear, Fun and Filoz". My nephew has a master's degree in computing so when I began avoiding using my university email and having a different email address, I copied his example and went to Gmail.
I like the idea of a floating office that I can easily get into with a computer or a tablet or a smartphone (CTS). It is easy and fast if I know the Universal Resource Locator, also called the web address. I open a browser program like Firefox or Chrome or Edge or Brave or Opera or Vivaldi and type in the web address. Bingo! I am there. So, to read the blog post I wrote about reading to Lynn, I put in the web address of the blog https://fearfunandfiloz.blogspot.com/ and press return. Then, I use the Search window to search for "reading to Lynn". The blog posts containing that search phrase come up.
I have many passwords and memberships. I am used to having to sign into Amazon or Google. I think of myself as a particular person who gets recognized for who he is by the logon and password I use. Lately, when I use a different device to use an account, I give my logon and password and get passed in but I also get an email to notify me that someone who knows my credentials has logged in with a device the site has not experienced before. That got me thinking. I use the word "connected" to mean having a device (CTS) but I am realizing that these "devices" are not me and they are not human.
Besides, I can't do what I have them do, even though I hold them in my hand and use them every day.
