Before the class, I have never thought about the question of whether we are controlling the technology or being controlled.
And the question immediately raised my memories of a few movies related to the topic =].
The movies are all exciting and the idea is at the same time a bit horrifying. Obviously, many people have though about the negative influence of advanced technology long before. Although the story of the movies are a bit exaggerated, yet when thinking about our every day lives, we are indeed inevitably controlled by the technology, just that we never realize it!
When I was small (during primary school period), what technology means to me was my television, my Gameboy ( which could only show the black and white...) I didn't even have a computer at home. I can't say people were not under control of technology 10 years ago, just that when compared to nowadays, the influence is much lower for sure!
When I was small, I like to go reading, cycling, swimming and playing chess in my spare time.
Ten years after, when I ask my tutorial students (which are 7 to 11 years old) what they usually do during their spare time, most of them reply with a instance answer 'computer games! X-box! PSP!' ' How about Ocean Park, do you like it?' I once asked. 'No! It's boring, I would rather stay at home for computer games...'
And when we are in the MTR, and look around to see what people are doing,it is a must to find at least a few passengers playing with their smart phones. Interaction between people has become less and less. I have seen some couples having dinner in restaurants, never speak a word with each other for the whole dinner time but only to play with their smart phones!
Yes, technology really brings us much convenience, but what have you given up for such convenience?
I should also quit my habit of logging in Facebook every few hours and playing with my Iphone all the time, so that I won't miss other valuable and beautiful things in my life.
2011年3月21日 星期一
2011年3月6日 星期日
Unfriend your friends for a burger
For many of us, Facebook or other social networking tools have seems become a part of our everyday lives. Think about the first page that you log on the Internet, isn't it Facebook? And how many friends do you have on Facebook?
For me, I have about 300 friends on my Facebook. Compared with last year, the number of friends has decreased in fact since I have been deleting some for my own good.
I have a friend who never cares about the privacy problem in Facebook. Whenever someone add her, she will just accept it. I once asked her 'Don't you worried about your private life? Everyone on your list could see ALL your photos and friends and other personal information!' She said she doesn't care about it yet she started deleting her 'friends' after a few months because of a few incidents. First, she realised someone who downloaded her photos and opened a new account adding her friends. She also received messages of nuisance often sending to her by her Facebook friends that she don't even know.
About two years ago, the US fast food shop Burger King launched a Facebook apps which encourage people to delete their Facebook Friends! ( you can read more about it here.) Users were able to get a free burger by deleting 10 Facebook friends and the result is that 233,906 friends were removed in less than a week by different people! From the large number of friends being deleted in such a short time, it has reflected that people are really having many unimportant friends who they are willing to sacrifice for a burger!
Of course, it is not necessary to delete all friends who we are not so familiar with. We need strong ties as well as weak ties friends in our social lives. Yet for those we have never seen and even heard about, whats the reason letting them to spy our personal lives?
For me, I have about 300 friends on my Facebook. Compared with last year, the number of friends has decreased in fact since I have been deleting some for my own good.
I have a friend who never cares about the privacy problem in Facebook. Whenever someone add her, she will just accept it. I once asked her 'Don't you worried about your private life? Everyone on your list could see ALL your photos and friends and other personal information!' She said she doesn't care about it yet she started deleting her 'friends' after a few months because of a few incidents. First, she realised someone who downloaded her photos and opened a new account adding her friends. She also received messages of nuisance often sending to her by her Facebook friends that she don't even know.
About two years ago, the US fast food shop Burger King launched a Facebook apps which encourage people to delete their Facebook Friends! ( you can read more about it here.) Users were able to get a free burger by deleting 10 Facebook friends and the result is that 233,906 friends were removed in less than a week by different people! From the large number of friends being deleted in such a short time, it has reflected that people are really having many unimportant friends who they are willing to sacrifice for a burger!
Of course, it is not necessary to delete all friends who we are not so familiar with. We need strong ties as well as weak ties friends in our social lives. Yet for those we have never seen and even heard about, whats the reason letting them to spy our personal lives?
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