Good Thing For My Classes

Needless to say, I fail in the "keeping up with my blog" department. I didn't send out the final results of the Operation Christmas Child Shoe Box drive! But, have no worries friends. Thanks to the importance of emerging technologies in the communication field, I am required to write a blog post once a week! I love it when classes keep me accountable to do things I should have been doing these past few months anyways (another example: reading books).

I think it's crazy how emerging technologies continue to develop even when I'm not paying attention (like when I'm off studying in another country or state). Even since my freshman year at Purdue, new technologies have emerged. For example, all communication majors who pass through PU are going to required to post a blog once a week. Twitter has become just another way to relate to people even if that relationship happens to be via the invisible world of cyberspace. I was recently opposed to accepted all forms of emerging technologies. Someone suggested I get a twitter if I wanted to be "marketable" to future employers, so I went and got one. I am thrilled to actually learn how these technologies relate to my future career.

There are technologies I don't even know about. They are intriguing, and sometimes it makes me sad that I will need to accept these head-spinning technologies simply for a career. That being said, I admit I utilize many of these technologies on a daily basis. The more I understand these emerging technologies, the better understanding I can maintain of our world today, whether or not it's moving at a slightly faster pace than I am comfortable with.
I hope to use this blog as a way to communicate how these emerging technologies relate to my future career. Maybe I can figure out how to link the technologies on this page so you all will actually know what I'm talking about.... hopefully, I'll actually know what I'm talking about : )

For me, the most fascinating part of learning about emerging technologies is anwering questions about what kind of an impact they are having on my life and the live's of their users. Do people relate differently to each other now that we "facebook stalk" one another and already know the answer to questions like, "what did you do last night?" Is studying abroad as much of a growing experience when we can call our friends and family five times a day via skype? No matter where technology takes this world, I hope to be one who maintains the values of interacting with people over solely interacting via cyberspace.