journal entry # 5

This weeks article by Sherry Turkle called, "Can You Hear Me Now" discuss technology in the everyday life and some of the problems behind the distance of reality mixed in a virtual world. Now a days you almost can't escape technology because it's everywhere you go. Pretty much everyone has a cell phone mostly blackberry which can sometimes suck you into this virtual world. I know first off because I have a blackberry myself and since I've had it I check it constantly, looking to see if I have an important email. People are so caught up with cyberspace that sometimes they forget what's going on right in front of them. People check their phones when their out for dinner often times ignoring the person they are with because their in their own world. Children from this generation won't know anything else besides this digital world and soon enough they'll loose most of their manners. 

Questions:1). What about myspace and facebook, how much personal information should people be putting? People go on these sites and give a lot of personal information including their sexual preference, music choices, age and photos. Sometimes things are better left unsaid especially when that information stays on the web forever. 

2). How have blackberries effected business relationships? As stated in the article, business partners used to talk on the way to the airport in limos but now with their blackberries in hand they are often times texting and emailing in front of each other. Blackberries cut out the communication of face to face  conversations. Sometimes you would say something to some ones face but then you wouldn't send it in a text or email or likewise. Texting and emailing takes away some of the meaning because you can say something in a certain tone but you can't do that in words.