Week 3: With just a snap and voila~

Laptops, iPads, cell phones, the Internet, Google, Twitter, wifi… How has technology affected people’s ability to communicate? All technological advances have many advantages. Technology is really important to our daily lives now a days. With our technology, it helps our daily lives more easier and faster. Technology allows us to stay connected to our loved ones. There is Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Skype and other social networking sites that always help us to stay connected with them. Technological advances had really changed the way people communicate. Last 2011, I've read an article that 60% of the world's population already owned a cell phone. Take note, that was 2011. What year are we now? It's already 2012. I still remember the time when my phone (land line that is!) rang off the hook and I had conversations with my friends all day long. Not so much anymore – now it is all via e-mail, texting and chatting. And when I do have a conversation with a friend, 9 times out of 10 it is on my cell phone. Have you also notice the use of cell phones from time to time? For short, non-stop texting, it's like 24/7. Have you also notice the gadgets of children now a days? A nine-year old child with iPad, laptop, Blackberry cell phones, DSLR? When I was 9 years old, I only have texts, pogs and YuGi-Oh. People now a days communicate with a different kinds of communication.

Let's say that technology makes our daily lives easier and convenient. But because of this technology, we became too dependent. We always want things to be instant. The Internet has made it possible to keep in touch with people from anywhere in the world. And you can communicate on the go using text messaging and cell phones. This has led to some complaints that such technology has led to a decrease in face-to-face interactions. Communicating with someone face-to-face allows you to watch their nonverbal cues, such as a smile and this is another layer of communication. Technology doesn't allow people to catch these sorts of nonverbal cues. Alright, I'm going to end this entry. Voila~