We can all agree that technology has changed the way we go about our lives, in good ways and in bad. In this blog, I want to focus primarily on the way cell phones have changed our way of living. I want to talk about the way smart-phones allow us to access the internet while we are traveling on a family vacation, but first, I want to get in to how it all came at us like a title wave.
When I was first started high school, my parents didn't think twice about letting me have a cell phone. In high school these days, gossip spreads like wildfire thanks to the influence of cell phones. I got the first hand view on things when I started high school. I talked to people, I listened to the person talking to me, and got a first-hand glimpse of what was going on in my circle of friends. By the time my senior year came along, there were rules not to have your cell phone in class or they would be taken away. This is something I wouldn't have imagined when I first started high school. You walk through a cafeteria at lunch time now, and everyone has they're head planted into their cell phone. There was a time when social networking was in person, not on Facebook or Myspace. "Facebook is tantamount to social suicide". (http://jezebel.com/5350259/can-facebook-make-or-break-your-social-life). Online social life can ruin a young person's real life outlook.
On the other hand, how much does it cost to travel across the continent or globe, if you are going to have a meeting with someone? In these dire economic times, even million-dollar corporations are trying to save a dollar here or there. With the revolution of cell phones, people now have the ability to hold a meeting without traveling across the globe. Not only that, but they have the world wide web at the click of their finger on their phone, while the meeting is still going on. You have access to e-mails, can pull up quick facts to impress the other person, or have knowledge of a different country's culture and the way they do business (http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/index.php).
When it all comes down to it, technological advances in cell phones has both helped and brought down human society. Personal point of view is very important. Their are pros and cons to every different person with the advancement of technology. In my personal view, I can do my blog on a Blackberry (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-what-is-blackberry-technology/) or the awesome Sprint 4G phone that's on television and adds in movie theatres all the time. I can accomplish my priorities even if my computer crashes, or if I am traveling to visit my parents out of town.
