The Passing of a Legend

It was last night when I returned from an epic Dave Matthews Band concert that I opened my laptop to see the sad news that Michael Jackson had passed away. From early on, the press had suggested that the star had suffered a cardiac arrest and later Jackson was pronounced dead at UCLA Medical Center.

Jacksons impact on the world is clearly visible via proxies such as Google believing that it was under attack from a virus. "Millions of people who Googled the star's name were greeted with an error page rather than a list of results."

Sites such as Twitter saw a huge increase in traffic with the key search and posted topics being in regards to Michael Jackson. Other websites such as iTunes and Youtube have seen a huge increase in the number of downloads/views as this time of sadness grips the world with Michael Jackson fever.

But with the passing of this legend we also see the power of the internet. It is at times such as these that we realise how the internet has revolutionised our life's and has allowed for information to flow so freely.

This I see as my small testament to a legend who's music inspired for over four decades, and will no doubt continue to do for many years to come.