Ben Bickerstaff

The internet is a global network of devices (formerly just computers, however phones and tablets have become a part of it too). The internet provides users the ability to access information and communicate with others. The internet was initially used in the 1960s by government researchers, with the intent being to share information. According to usb.edu the internet was born in 1983, when a standard way to communicate between computers was developed. The internet was an idea that had been kicked around for a long time, however it wasn't until the 1970s, when Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf developed TCP/IP, which was the communications model for how data was transmitted. Today the internet is used for much more than just data sharing. While we do use it to share information, we also use it for social media, music, school work, communication and gaming. World Wide Web is an information retrieval service. It was created in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee, and it was made available to the public

    My name is Ben Bickerstaff. I am from Massachusetts, and came to Tampa for the weather and the opportunity to get out of my comfort zone. I am a senior, and will be graduating in May of 2022, with a bachelors in marketing.      I chose to study marketing because I wanted to be able to have a career that allowed me to be creative. I decided that it was what I wanted to study when I was a senior in high school when I took a marketing class, and found it to be very enjoyable.      Outside of school, I play lacrosse for UT. I began playing lacrosse at five years old, and have just started my 16th season as a player. Growing up I tried many sports, however I never enjoyed them as much as lacrosse. Outside of sports I have many interests, including fashion, which is an area that I want to work in, in the future.     I chose to take this course because I have been doing creative designs since I was in middle school. I started making sports edits on my iPod touch, and when I got to high sc