Weekly Reading (2)

Victoria’s Network, or VICNET, is a network that provides the state of Victoria in Australia with a sophisticated and unique information infrastructure. It was described to be like a “shopping mall” for information, products, and services in a user-friendly, non-threatening environment. It is usable for the entire family, so everyone can “shop” for information. I think it would be great to have a site with everything right there in front of us. It would be interesting to see people’s reactions to the site if the US were ever to do something like this – maybe they wouldn’t see a need for it since there are multiple search engines, like Google or Bing, that can answer your question quickly. In making a network/site, it is difficult to please everyone and give everyone what they want, but in this situation, it seems as though there is something for everyone, which doesn’t happen often!