Week 3

     So we covered a few different things this week during class; we discussed where technology may be heading in the future, how well we perform at multitasking, and a little bit on the types of order out there.
     In regards to the chapters of the book we read for class, I wasn't sure why he had to take three chapters to say what could have been said in one. I'm also not entirely sure I agree with his opinion. I personally don't like having things organized into more than one place. I have a tendency to be very obsessive compulsive about how things are organized and his way of organizing just wouldn't work for me. I love having things alphabetized and color coded, and while he didn't mention color coding, I have a feeling he would be against it just like he is against alphabetization. Maybe my brain is just wired weird, but I generally never need an excessive amount of tags in order to find a picture or document on my computer. I don't agree with the idea that the way to overcome an overabundance of information is to add more information. I am a firm believer of less is more. It doesn't matter if it is a photo, a document, a book, etc., I can always find it because I always remember where I stored it.
     While many individuals would be fascinated by the video of the future of technology that we watched, I was personally a little fearful of what I saw. I don't think I would want to live in a world where almost everything is touchscreen/digital. Anybody would be able to see what you are doing; there would be no such thing as privacy anymore.
     I really found our discussion regarding multitasking to be interesting. I always think that I'm good at multitasking, but I know that if I was tested, just like in the video, I would do poorly. Though to be perfectly honest, the majority of my multitasking tends to be watching Netflix while doing my homework. But now I am wondering if doing that is making my work not as good. And sure, a little multitasking every now and then is needed. There are only so many hours in a day and way more work that has to be done in those limited hours. However, I think the trouble enters when you get the people who are texting and driving or anything else like that. That type of multitasking can be deadly. And then you have the "multitasking" like when you are out to dinner with someone and you are trying to eat and carry on a conversation with your dinner companion, but your nose is also buried in your phone. Being so preoccupied with our devices means we don't pay as much attention to the world and people around us. I think that kind of multitasking ranks up there near the top of things that are bad with all the technology we have today.

Weeks 1 and 2

     So, I've never written a blog before; therefore I have no idea how this will turn out. However, instead of trying to Google how to write a blog (like I normally would do for something I didn't understand), I am choosing to try this on my own without any outside help.
     The first class we had, I wasn't entirely sure what to expect. Would I like the class, would I dislike the class, would I complain every week to my mom about how much I wish I had never taken the class? Well, I didn't dislike it, but I also wasn't sure if I would ever love it. I'm not a huge fan of social media, and I mainly decided to take the class because of the psychology aspect since I am a psychology major. However, despite my initial reservations, I think I am really going to enjoy the course.
     A good portion of the first class was basically spent as a get to know each other session. We talked about our favorite social media tool, our majors, etc. That was all fine and dandy. Most classes, unless they are abnormally large, do an introduce yourself portion on the first day of class. It was what came after that that I was worried about. I had no idea how we were going to spend 2 hours and 20 minutes talking about social media. How much could there really be to discuss about it? Well, I got my answer. We spent the remaining time of the class covering more about social media than I could ever imagine there was to cover.
     At the end of class we got our first homework assignment. We had to watch a video, and originally I thought it would be pretty boring. However, the video ended up actually being fairly cool to watch. They made some points about things that I've never even thought of before. We also had to tweet a link to social media site we hadn't covered in class. I thought it would be hard to find one because we covered a good deal of them in class, a lot of them I had never even heard of before. However, once again I was surprised by our homework assignment. Just typing in social media in the search bar in the play store brought up more apps than I ever even knew existed.
     I went in to the second week of class a lot less skeptical than the first week. I knew, because of the syllabus, that we were going to be covering the history of social media. However, what I didn't realize was just how extensive that history is. It was also cool to see how much faster social media is developing compared to 50-100 years ago. We also talked a good bit about how we ourselves put our news out there and how we would feel if people didn't see what we shared. I also really liked during one of our small group discussions, my group's talk about how our generation hates to be parted from our phones. I know me personally, I use mine as a security blanket sometimes. If I am in an awkward situation, I can just break out my phone to act like I'm doing something important.  
     Overall, I feel we had a successful first two weeks of class. I am excited to see where this course will go. I am ready to find out more about social media than I ever thought possible to exist. I think I may even enjoying blogging every week.....maybe. Only time will tell.