"Already Google.com, still in beta, was answering 10,000 search queries each day. The press began to take notice of the upstart website with the relevant search results, and articles extolling Google appeared in USA TODAY and Le Monde. That December, PC Magazine named Google one of its Top 100 Web Sites and Search Engines for 1998. Google was moving up in the world." – Google Milestones.
In today's world, we have access to more information than we know what to do with. With the internet at our disposal, we are able to get any and all information about any topic. Since the invention of google, we are able to find information faster and easier than ever before. While there is some debate on whether or not google is making us 'stupid', I think that google is helping us to become more educated and even more curious.
When I find myself with a question, the first place I turn to is google. Within minutes I am able to find the answer and become more educated on the topic at hand. Often times when I do find the answer, it leads me to ask another question and my curiosity blossoms. I use google at least once everyday, if not more and on top of using the google search, I also use other google apps such as google maps and gmail. So to say that google hasn't affected my life would be a colossal lie. Without realizing it until now, google has become ingrained into my daily life.
I like your use of the term "medium" here. When Marshall McLuhan wrote about a medium he talked about it as an extension of a person. Human beings are extended in some way by a medium. Your post here shows the way Google functions as an extension of our brain.
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