Monday, November 5, 2012

essay 3. internet

              Internet is probablly the best invention of our generation. Due to the mass growth of internet users I think our whole Earth has evolved. Technology is changing the whole world and it is largely thanks to internet. I personally use it for basically my daily living. I use it for school work, paying my bills, and most of all...communication on social networking sites. I think if you calculate all the time I spend on the internet between my cell phone applications, computer, even television, it probablly adds up to six to eight hours a day. Every aspect of my life needs internet. I guess I would say I am happy with my internet habits. I don't know if I have a choice to like it or not because it is a part of my daily habits. Without the internet I would not be able to go about my life. If I did choose to never use the internet again life would be a lot more difficult.
              Recently, my job as a server at Hard Rock Cafe shifted our schedule and how we adjust our schedule to an online application called hotschedules.com. Using this website you can check your upcoming schedule, save your time off details, pick up shifts, and message other servers. Technically this would mean it is near impossile for someone to maintain their job at Hard Rock without the internet. This is an example of how internet is starting to truly dominate the world. Just 2 years ago we would only use pen & paper to do all of these server schedule tasks. That's how fast people are inventing new ideas to make life more simple and convienent using the internet.
             There are a few websites that you can find me on most of the time. For social networking I use facebook.com. I actually talk to people more on facebook than I do on my cell phone. I honestly can not say that I know one friend that does not have a facebook. Another website I use obviously would be the valencia college website. I submit most of my homework and assignments on this website, as well as downloading assignments, and taking tests. Once again, being in school would be extremely difficult without internet. Another website I use quite often is yahoo.com. Using yahoo I can receive all my electronic mail as well as seeing top headlines in the news of a bunch of different catagories.