Warning: this introductory post is a combination of amateur philosophy, introducing one self and complaining.
Over the years I have tried many times to create an online blog to share my thoughts (and to look back on them in X amount of time) and did: I got the server up and running, installed X version of WordPress and wrote one or two posts… Then somehow (ahem!) it just died..!
No, it didn’t. I was just too lazy to maintain it with anything half intelligent. Well, whenever I have spare time now I’ll post up things that are happening and my reflections on them, some of which may actually be handy for assignments that I have this semester (*cough*). I guess I have no excuse now, with a phone that has much more bells and whistles (like email facilities to send updates/thoughts/rants/’opinions’ to this blog). My parents don’t understand why I thought “I must have it”.
I quote from Wikipedia (revision: 2009-08-05 00:48):
Generation Y [born in 1989], like other generations, has been shaped by the events, leaders, developments and trends of its time.[16] The rise of instant communication technologies made possible through use of the internet, such as email, texting, and IM and new media used through websites like YouTube and social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter, may explain Generation Y’s reputation for being peer-oriented and for seeking instant gratification. This trend of communication is continuing into Generation Z.
My phone (a Nokia N78) can pretty much interact with all of the quoted social networking sites. So things like Facebook, online blogs and so on and so forth are just Gen Y’s version of that dusty old journal the old folks had back in the day. Same thing, different way of doing it; and having said that, with many more benefits like keeping your friends and family around you updated. So devices that have this capability are 21st century diaries, highly integrated.
While in the Philippines, I was wandering around CyberZone in SM Megamall and came across the Apple shop (or authorised dealer), that doesn’t matter. They had the iPhone 3G on display. Me being usually an anti-Apple fanboi had a little toy… That lasted for a good half hour – 45 minutes (I’m not even sure). I’ll make this quick: For all of the things that Apple could have done to make the iPhone better, they did a pretty bloody good job of the iPhone 3G. I remember commenting to my step-mum just how intriguing it was. I can’t afford one though and my N78 does the job.
Anyway, enough of my rambings about creating a blog and justifying Gen Y’s use of technology…
I’m a second year university student, with a very technically oriented mind (at least I think, no pun intended) dreaming of doing something like engineering or computer programming, stuck in a Criminal Justice students body. Meh, I’m having fun and is something that I have been aspiring to for quite some time, old habits (like computers, die hard). I can’t wait to start police training (!) and wear that blue uniform with pride.
Time to work on a presentation about public order policing and human rights, due Wednesday. Fun! 