Personal Technology - Has It Really Improved Our Lives?
Has technology actually improved our personal lives?
Colin Fleming
Professor Sandi Greene
English 102 23 February 2011
Colin Fleming
Professor Sandi Greene
English 102
23 February 2011
Has Technology Actually Improved our Personal Lives?
Technology, specifically computers connected to the Internet, have revolutionized modern business and created efficiencies never before seen. Without a doubt, organizations are able to accomplish tasks determined to be out of reach decades ago. As information travels faster and more reliably, barriers of distance disappear, allowing for easier globalization and unprecedented speed and accuracy of internal and external systems. With organization-wide enhancements in technology, the same advancements have been made on a personal level as well; online banking, smartphones and email come to mind as key developments. The ability to have all this information at your fingertips, in real-time, has improved the lives of its users immensely
Technology has brought immense benefit to our lives and when used appropriately can allow for tremendous educational and efficiency opportunities. Primary focus will be made on the increasing use of smartphones (the BlackBerry effect), increased attachment to the workplace as a result and addiction to modern communication such as social media, blogs and news.
Online banking has revolutionized personal finances, investments and retirement planning. The days of personal bankers, tellers and checkbooks have been all but erased from our lives, replaced by a website, at our fingertips capable of handling every element of personal finance available 24/7. From the comfort of one’s own home, an individual can transfer money anywhere in the world, shift their investment portfolio from emerging markets to national manufacturing, pay their utility bills and apply for a mortgage to buy their dream home.
How does this make one more efficient? Having all these tools available has
Colin Fleming
Professor Sandi Greene
English 102 23 February 2011
Colin Fleming
Professor Sandi Greene
English 102
23 February 2011
Has Technology Actually Improved our Personal Lives?
Technology, specifically computers connected to the Internet, have revolutionized modern business and created efficiencies never before seen. Without a doubt, organizations are able to accomplish tasks determined to be out of reach decades ago. As information travels faster and more reliably, barriers of distance disappear, allowing for easier globalization and unprecedented speed and accuracy of internal and external systems. With organization-wide enhancements in technology, the same advancements have been made on a personal level as well; online banking, smartphones and email come to mind as key developments. The ability to have all this information at your fingertips, in real-time, has improved the lives of its users immensely
Technology has brought immense benefit to our lives and when used appropriately can allow for tremendous educational and efficiency opportunities. Primary focus will be made on the increasing use of smartphones (the BlackBerry effect), increased attachment to the workplace as a result and addiction to modern communication such as social media, blogs and news.
Online banking has revolutionized personal finances, investments and retirement planning. The days of personal bankers, tellers and checkbooks have been all but erased from our lives, replaced by a website, at our fingertips capable of handling every element of personal finance available 24/7. From the comfort of one’s own home, an individual can transfer money anywhere in the world, shift their investment portfolio from emerging markets to national manufacturing, pay their utility bills and apply for a mortgage to buy their dream home.
How does this make one more efficient? Having all these tools available has
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