My name is Jocelyn, and I'm in my 5th year at Rutgers, set to graduate this January which I am very excited about. I chose to take Technology & Culture as an elective because of the rave reviews on ratemyprofessor.com (haha). Despite the fact that public speaking scares me to death, though I have done it many times, this class seems like it will be very interesting.
After logging my Internet usage for the past three days, I have realized that I definitely make inadequate use of my time online and in general. Only about a quarter of my time online was spent on school related websites, where the rest of the time was spent mostly refreshing Facebook. Time was also spent on shopping websites. Keeping track of my time online has made me realize that I need to maybe reorganize my schedule/routine. I also never realized how much I rely on the Internet to survive everyday life. Even when boredom strikes and I'm too lazy to get to my computer, I can always just grab my phone nearby and check Facebook from there. This is both a bad thing and a good thing. Bad, in that technology and the Internet has made us lazy and distracted, and good, in that we are always connected and have access to any information we need in a matter of seconds.
The process of creating this blog was sort of tough for me, but I eventually figured it out. I consider myself technologically challenged for a reason. I mean, I'm not that bad but still, I'm definitely not the best when it comes to figuring out new forms of technology and communication. I'm new to this blogging thing if you don't count Facebook so this is different for me. I probably wouldn't blog for recreation, but that's just me. The experience definitely can't hurt.
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