Blog 6: Networks

Technology has revolutionised our lives. It is perhaps the largest medium on which to communicate, thanks to social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. It is easy to find friends and sites like these are often free to use, a certain advantage over mobile phones. However, there is a risk that we lose intimacy with people. Even now technology rules my life, I have to stop and think at how ridicules I am sometimes at the ways in which I implement technology. The other day, I was on Facebook chat texting to my friend who lives in the same flat just two doors away!.. That woudn't even take me 30 seconds to talk to him in person. But I know I'm not the only one that does it, all my friends do it and probably millions more. I cannot slag off the internet as it has granted us so much, Facebook, Google YouTube, Wikipedia and many more sites which benefit us and are now part of our everyday lives; I check my emails and Facebook account everyday, I have to to check my work, find out about any deadlines, and stay in touch with old friends. And if there's still anyone complaining about the loss of intimacy, you know what you can do... turn it your computer OFF!