Yesterday was my birthday. I thank everyone who was either remember sometime either early, late, or the day of, it is good of everyone to remember. I had a wonderful weekend and realized how lucky I am to have such great people to celebrate my birthday over the whole weekend. There was never a dull moment and I can actually say I had a good and exciting weekend. I received a new keyboard as a gift and getting use to typing on it as we speak.
So how did people remember my birthday? I sometimes don't remember everyone birthday, and I don't really write anything down. Alot of people sent me birthday wishes over facebook, and that makes me wonder without it, they wouldn't of actually known it was my birthday. One time I actually put the wrong birthday on my facebook on purpose to see how many people actually knew that it was a fake, it was to show how well someone knew me I guess. But then now I look at how important a few things in our lives are very important. Facebook has become so useful, like keeping track of people's birthdays, letting people communicate with each other, and finding a medium where people can arrange for special events. Another thing that comes to mind are smartphones, such as the blackberry and texting. These two things might extend outside of personal use, but I think they make you more socialable and connect you with the rest of your friends which you might not even talk to all the time. This also brings a good opportunity for someone to catch up with your life without being there, that sounds like a good and a bad thing. Good in a sense that although you and your friend might be on two different continent, but you both can communicate and know of each others events, and social life. On the down side, it is like being lazy, and you just know of whats happening in your friends life but not really do anything about it.
I think people can't live without these things. I am one of those people who cannot remember everyone birthday except certain people. Like for example I cannot remember when mothers day, fathers day, my moms and dad's birthday. Sorry mom and dad. But for the people who really doesn't really care and just there to send a happy birthday, do those people really care? or is it just so easy to send a simple message, so its like thoughtless? I've always wondered. I on occassion really don't like doing small talk and it just seems something like that, but I mean that can spring into something more interesting.
In another case, alot of people get addicted to technology that they use everyday life. I think inventions are great and although some inventions is made for the lazy person, but it makes things more efficient, like the electric tooth brush, I think its actually better to have the head of the brush rotate more freqently than you manually brushing your teeth. Now how people can search through articlese on an online catlog and make research much better.
I think it is important to at least try to use new technology. You don't have to like everything, but if the majority of people out there is using something, there must be something good about it, but thats for you to decide. Can't live under a rock all your life.
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We can't remember everything - it's practically impossible with the amount of information we try to cram into our heads.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for cell phones - cause you wouldn't remember 1/4 of the numbers in your contact database without it.
Which is why you HAVE TO back up your data somewhere... =P
good posts, though how do you feel about phantom friends on social network sites? how about the segregation of those who do socially network on facebook, etc and those who don't? it's like two different worlds the inclusive and the digitally abandoned. as an IT specialist i'm sure you deal with a lot of social-engineering-based attacks...these social networks is just one extra and often easier venue for others to prey upon us. how about just privacy...how many times has someone been turned down for a job or even for a date because of their improper facebook settings for their profile data
ReplyDeleteYeah since information is every where now especially of what you can read off the internet and how easy it is to add friends to facebook there is information overload. But i'm sure everyone at least remembers their own home phone number and at least one other person's bday. but the events cordination I think is a great feature which can be time consuming if done manually
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