First Post

So this is my first time making a blog since I was in high school and made a xanga. I must say, it was very easy to make this one especially since I already had a gmail account. I'm still trying to figure things out on here, like how to make it look a little cooler than it does now. Blogger seems to have a lot more features than my xanga did, but that was about 6 or 7 years ago. It is amazing how technology changes over time and how things become so much more common. When I was in high school, people had xangas and some different blog accounts but they were so much more private than they are now. Now there is twitter where your blog posts can be sent immediately to people's phones. Technology has brought people closer together but to be honest I do feel that it can be a bit much at times. I do not have a twitter and I wouldn't want to have one because I personally feel it's not necessary for me to share every moment of my life with people who are following me. The same goes for the reverse, I don't think I'd want posts sent to my phone telling me exactly what all my friends are doing at every second. Although I am a huge user of facebook, I find twitter to be a little too much. At least when I go on facebook, I am not forced to read everyones status updates, as I would if I had a post sent to my phone. I definitely think this technology has it's pros and cons.

I have monitored my technology usage during the past few days, and I am not surprised by the results. I check my e-mail, and facebook every morning when I wake up, and every time I come home from a class. I don't have email on my phone, so for me it is a necessity to check it throughout the day. The facebook though, I must admit is pretty bad, I often have it on for hours while I sit in my room and study. I guess I just feel that if I don't have it up, or if I don't check it I am missing out on a link to the outside world. I must admit that I used to be even worse, and I would bring my laptop to class just to keep checking my facebook, but now that I have gotten older I have gotten a little better. The same goes for my cell phone. Although I am still attached to it at almost every moment of the day, I do not worry about missing a call or text as much as I used to. I have begun to realize that it is not the end of the world if I don't text someone back in the next minute after the text was received. I was actually telling a good friend of mine the other day, that back in freshman year I wouldn't even put my phone down when I was out somewhere, that I wanted to make sure I responded to every text or call immediately. I am glad I have tried to ease my reliance from technology a bit, but I do feel that the younger generation is becoming more and more attached to it. I think because when I was a kid we didn't have all these social networking sites, or even cell phones as much, that I am able to cope without it more easily. These kids though that are 8 years old and already are texting constantly, I feel will be attached to it forever.

Some other reasons that I have been on the internet in the past few days have been to check information on my classes, check my bank account statements, listen to music, and get directions. The internet really has great information and does make things so much more convenient. I am excited to have created this blog and maybe this will inspire me to make a personal one, although if I did it would probably be pretty private since I don't find it necessary that everyone in cyberspace knows every detail of my life.

Looking forward to an exciting semester.