It’s difficult to believe that YouTube is just eight years old and is now one of the major communications vehicles in the world. Congratulations, YouTube! You have certainly changed our lives.

As a senior American, I can honestly say that the last few years of my life have been extremely fascinating because of all of the advances in technology. I love when I hear other seniors remark that they are thrilled to be witnessing all of the innovation as well. I wonder why other contemporaries don’t feel as fortunate.

YouTube alone is a wonderment. I use YouTube for everything, from creating my own channel (lwhitman) to researching every imaginable topic. I don’t know why, but I am always amazed that when I type in a topic in the search box, the greatest reference videos appear. I couldn’t ask for better explanations.

I feel the same way about Google. I don’t bother with most websites, Facebook fan pages, dictionaries, trade pubs, encyclopedias, reference books, or daily periodicals. I just Google it. I get my answers all the time, even when I don’t know what I am talking about. All I have to do is type in a few key words and the answer I am looking for pops up.

Remember, Google bought YouTube for $1.76 billion in 2006. The video site only had 50 million worldwide users at the time. I guess there are a lot of people like me who can survive on Google and YouTube alone. They are my steady diet.

Click here to see the video I created that is now up to 60,000+ viewers.