Technology in My Daily Practice

Assignment #3: Give an account about how you implement technology in your daily practice (2-3 paragraphs).

Being a child of the 90's, computers and technology have almost always been in my life.

My parents picked up using computers and the internet early in their respective jobs, and my own use of computers started when I was waiting for them at their offices, playing solitaire on one of the company computers. This eventually developed into using a personal email for the first time when I was 8, just so I could play online games like Neopets (virtual pets) and chat on AOL Instant Messenger.

Today (as in the date I am writing this blog, as well as today in the current times sense), I wake up using the alarms on my iPhone 4S, and I check my e-mail and text messages on the phone as well. Throughout the day, I use various phone applications as tools to find my way to places, or to order food, or to simply call. I log onto one of my four laptops to do similar, but more complex and advanced tasks. I play music through my iPod, my iPhone, my record player, and my laptops, using audiophile sound systems and headphones, and if I am making music, I am using loops to make tracks and other software to edit sounds. If I am working on my photography, I am either out using my two DSLR cameras, with multiple lenses, tripods, filters, flashes, etc. or at home reviewing the photos on software, printing some prints on a large format printer, and posting them on my personal websites and social networking websites (such as ~20,000 photos on Facebook), etc. Sometimes, when I read, I use a Kindle Fire or an iPad and I even play games on the internet, my PS3, and on my mobile devices. And the uses go on and on...

While I am well-versed and up-to-date with many technologies, I do maintain a good half of my lifestyle that is unrelated to and not requiring electronics, such as physical activities and travel. On the other hand, with the internet and other technologies available, all of those non-electronic experiences are still influenced, including, but not limited to the research and organization of ideas, information, and plans (i.e. booking plane tickets) and the purchase of related equipment (i.e. bike).