Maybe my personality as a young professional has grown away from technology. But, isn't it still important to know it and recognize its importance? I say, yes.
The Planning IT Enhanced Projects course opened my eyes to the world of cyberspace. I know the internet. I understand how it works. But I was lost to the fact of wiki's and shared internet space, away from facebook.com.
It showed me that many more people spend so much of their lives, even live their lives, online, via a virtual profile and blogspot. That fact scares me a bit.
Throughout my blogging I've mentioned, through media befitting these internet junkies (a personal blog) that personalization and individualism was being threatened by online communities. I see the benefit of saving time by not needing to meet in a physical location, but online somewhere via cables. However, it threatens human emotion and life. It is too easy to tell someone you love them, or how to do something online. But doesn't emotion get lost?
The answer from me is a resounding YES! Inflection, charisma, and body language tell more than half of every tale. By me typing that I really enjoy blogging completely misses the sarcasm in my voice, or the rolling of my eyes. Yes, the IT course opened my sight to this culture, one of which I do not think I'll ever be a huge part.
Overall, the course work and weekly assignments kept me updated to the setting trends in the online world. It helped me to undestand the capabilities simple internet surfers now have. The question now is whether I'll be able to survive for long without succumbing to the need to be online all the time. I predict it will be no problem at all.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
The Busier, the More IT Suffers
Call me old fashioned. Call me technologically unsavvy. Because the more crammed my schedule gets, the more IT suffers. Technology can be fanstastic. It can save lives. It can increase efficiency. It can also completely erradicate normal human interaction. This is my biggest argument against a technology boom that might be out of control.
A decade ago, cell phones boomed. Everyone had one. Elementary schoolers were calling each other during reading time. But now, why call when one can text message? Well, the human eradication of the human element to a phone call might be one reason. No longer can people pick up the phone and spend five minutes chatting becasue they would rather send an undefined text message since it's easier and less personal. Speaking through words has eliminated human emotion.
For me personally, I like technogoly. I will not pretend like I do not watch a humongous TV at home, while blogging away on a laptop, all while talking on my cell phone and jamming along on my iPod. But, how far is too far? Is the iPhone the answer, the next step in technology, or contributing to the downfall of societal emotions on a whole? I would issue a world warning to be careful of the acceptance of too much of these tools.
Follow my lead. The busier I get, the less and less I rely on technology, because I would rather speak face to face with people than send a text or instant message. Yes, call me old school, but I think a return to a more personal lifestyle, with a bit less communication technology will save human kind from the tailspin we are on to rely completely on a mechanized system of technology.
A decade ago, cell phones boomed. Everyone had one. Elementary schoolers were calling each other during reading time. But now, why call when one can text message? Well, the human eradication of the human element to a phone call might be one reason. No longer can people pick up the phone and spend five minutes chatting becasue they would rather send an undefined text message since it's easier and less personal. Speaking through words has eliminated human emotion.
For me personally, I like technogoly. I will not pretend like I do not watch a humongous TV at home, while blogging away on a laptop, all while talking on my cell phone and jamming along on my iPod. But, how far is too far? Is the iPhone the answer, the next step in technology, or contributing to the downfall of societal emotions on a whole? I would issue a world warning to be careful of the acceptance of too much of these tools.
Follow my lead. The busier I get, the less and less I rely on technology, because I would rather speak face to face with people than send a text or instant message. Yes, call me old school, but I think a return to a more personal lifestyle, with a bit less communication technology will save human kind from the tailspin we are on to rely completely on a mechanized system of technology.
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